GET.com: House Budget Deal Is Good For Business

GET.com Financial News & Opinions View this email in your browser House Budget Deal Is Good For Business The House came to a hotly debated $1.1 trillion budget deal last night, just minutes ahead of a midnight deadline. The deal includes a large package of tax breaks which passed before the deadline, and a mammoth spending bill which the House will vote on this Friday. Under opposition from House... Read in browser » After 7 Fat Years, Fed Meets To Raise Rates The 12-member Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets today in Washington, D.C., to decide whether to enact the first interest rate hike in nearly a decade. The FOMC has kept the federal funds rate, the interest rate at which banks lend money held at the Federal Reserve to each other, steady at... Read in browser » Feeling The Pinch: Fall 2015 College Enrollment Lower Than Expected In a sign that the high price of college is taking its toll on the personal finances of student households, postsecondary enrollments in the fall of 2015 were down 1.7 percent from a year earlier, to a total of 19.3 million enrollments. The components of the drop included 4-year for-profit... Read in browser » How To Avoid High Air Travel Fees - A Guide By GET.com How did a $200 return ticket to Vegas burst into a financial mushroom cloud? Was it paying for 2 pieces of luggage at check-in? The $100 for the third piece (full of shopping and souvenirs) on your way back? Changing your flight did add $90, and having to do it on the phone cost another $25. You... Read in browser » Consumer Prices Sit Flat Right Through November The nation's measure of inflation, the seasonably adjusted Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U), was unchanged in November, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This maintained the 0.5 percent increase in the 12-month unadjusted CPI-U, and is the largest 12-month... Read in browser »   Recent Articles: Are Rising Interest Rates A Threat To Real Estate Investments? Financial Security Confidence Worsens Ahead Of Holiday Rate Hike New Tool Aims To Help Small Businesses Track Their Creditworthiness Pension Funding Picture Brightens How To Negotiate Your Salary - A Guide By GET.com Copyright © 2015 GET.com, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you subscribed on GET.com (previously known as DailyMarkets.com). Our mailing address is: GET.com 14 Wall St 20 Fl New York, NY 10005 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list