New Jersey 101.5 » spending http://nj1015.com New Jersey News Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:36:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Survey: Lower Gas Prices Don't Equal More Spending http://nj1015.com/survey-lower-gas-prices-dont-equal-more-spending/ http://nj1015.com/survey-lower-gas-prices-dont-equal-more-spending/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 16:51:49 +0000 Kelly Waldron http://nj1015.com/?p=268400 When gas prices start to drop, generally consumers start to spend a little more.  When they go up, consumers usually cut back.  But a Bankrate.com survey found that 80 percent of Americans have not increased their discretionary spending despite a decline in gas prices in the first half of 2013. 

Read More|Comment

]]> http://nj1015.com/survey-lower-gas-prices-dont-equal-more-spending/feed/ 0 Miguel Villagran, Getty Images Prom Spending Up For Second Straight Year [AUDIO] http://nj1015.com/prom-spending-up-for-second-straight-year-audio/ http://nj1015.com/prom-spending-up-for-second-straight-year-audio/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:00:09 +0000 Kelly Waldron http://nj1015.com/?p=259022 If your children are going to prom this year, it's going to cost more.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://nj1015.com/prom-spending-up-for-second-straight-year-audio/feed/ 0 Flickr User, salt of the earth NJ Residents Try To Figure Out The Up And Down Economy [AUDIO] http://nj1015.com/nj-residents-try-to-figure-out-the-up-and-down-economy-audio/ http://nj1015.com/nj-residents-try-to-figure-out-the-up-and-down-economy-audio/#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 13:00:29 +0000 David Matthau http://nj1015.com/?p=131571 There's some good economic news - the Labor Department reports weekly unemployment benefit applications dropped by 14 thousand, to a seasonally adjusted 374,000, the fewest since the week of May 19th.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://nj1015.com/nj-residents-try-to-figure-out-the-up-and-down-economy-audio/feed/ 0 Spencer Platt, Getty Images White House Promises Veto of GOP Spending Bill http://nj1015.com/white-house-promises-veto-of-gop-spending-bill/ http://nj1015.com/white-house-promises-veto-of-gop-spending-bill/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 01:37:57 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=100748 The White House is vowing to veto a House spending bill for the Justice Department, NASA and several other agencies, charging its GOP authors with violating last summer's budget agreement and cutting programs like legal aid to the poor too deeply.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://nj1015.com/white-house-promises-veto-of-gop-spending-bill/feed/ 0 Consumer Borrowing Rose $19.3 Billion in December http://nj1015.com/consumer-borrowing-rose-19-3-billion-in-december/ http://nj1015.com/consumer-borrowing-rose-19-3-billion-in-december/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:54:14 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=52914 Americans accelerated their borrowing in December for the second straight month, running up more credit card debt and taking out loans to buy cars and attend school.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://nj1015.com/consumer-borrowing-rose-19-3-billion-in-december/feed/ 0 Flickr User Images_of_Money