budget
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The U.S. federal government’s annual budget deficit reached almost $2 trillion for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, the Treasury Department said Friday.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Nearly a third of the education ministry's budget for 2027 is to go towards pensions, according to a government report on the draft plan.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
On Thursday, Destry noted that top government officials—including the finance minister—have said they would stick to the rule limiting Indonesia’s budget deficit to 3% of gross domestic product.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Stanford University endowment chief Robert Wallace wrote that distributions to the school’s operating budget had more than doubled over the last decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
“Jim,” Mr. Crane began, “it’s like this, to make changes to the budget, we have to have the whole school board present.”
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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“There are budgets that have been laid out, but no resources that have been allocated to it yet,” Herrera said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
However, PepsiCo’s stock is down around 10.6% so far this year, as inflation-battered shoppers have recalibrated their snack budgets and gravitated toward cheaper private-label brands.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
She admits current theft levels are unacceptable, but says there is no funding to routinely carry out large-scale operations within current police budgets, set by the Home Office.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Insurers’ loss budgets could even look too large relative to loss trends, leading to more negotiation pressure when policies come up for renewals for next year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Hence archaeology in Japan is supported by astronomically large budgets and draws public attention to a degree inconceivable anywhere else in the world.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Abubakar has floated a plan for a "targeted" subsidy, described as "capped and budgeted production support tied to fuel refined in Nigeria" to help bring down prices at the pump.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Current estimates indicate that the second correction and orbital insertion should both require less fuel than originally budgeted.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
The kingdom’s budget deficit, at the equivalent of $42.7 billion in the first half, is already running close to the shortfall it had budgeted for the entire year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The cost of these two clearances alone has been budgeted at £20m by the Environment Agency - although the Kidlington project has come in under the original £7.3m contract.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
But they bowed to Sproul’s judgment that losing Lawrence would be even costlier, and voted to cover all the annual operating and maintenance costs that Lawrence had budgeted for the Rad Lab.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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Adam Auriemma on budgeting, renting versus buying, investments, financial advisors, and more!
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
Related: Classic budgeting rules don’t work anymore — even if your household makes $100,000.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Congress established CBO in 1974 to advise its budgeting, and it plays a useful role in tracking monthly spending figures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
So how much is keeping active costing exercise goers, at a time when budgeting is tight?
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
When I say run a company, I mean keeping track of inventory, staying in touch with customers, recruiting, project management, product development, scheduling, budgeting, and human resources.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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