1 Infections after birth â Infections (such as meningitis) contracted by newborns can cause brain damage. 2  Meningitis causes severe inflammation that can damage the motor control centers of the brain. 3  Severe untreated jaundice â When a newborn has a yellow color to their skin and/or eyes, it is known as jaundice.
There is an 80% chance the Federal Reserve interest rate will remain unchanged at this meeting. But the December FOMC meeting is when we could see the next Federal Reserve interest rate hikeâ¦. The last Fed meeting of 2016 starts on Dec. 13. The likelihood of an interest rate increase in December is 49.7%. So a Federal Reserve interest rate hike isn't guaranteed then, but that's our best bet.
In February President Barack Obama proposed a 1.3 percent pay raise for federal employees, slightly higher than the 1 percent feds received in 2014 and 2015. So far Congress has not finalized any pay raise for federal employees. However, President Obama does not need Congress for his proposed pay raise to become law. If Congress does not act to set a pay raise for federal employees, President Obama's proposed raise will go into effect. Congress can still pass a bill freezing pay or enacting a higher pay raise. The last time federal employees received a pay raise above 3 percent was in 2009, when feds got a 3.9 percent pay raise. That was followed by several years of pay freezes.