capital spending
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The weakness was compounded by rising imports and a second consecutive quarterly decline in investment, as exports grew only modestly and businesses and public corporations pulled back on capital spending.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
This provides a “clearer path” to monetizing AI, which supports their capacity to fund elevated capital spending.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Here’s a chart from BCA showing how high capital spending is projected to be in 2026, relative to revenue, for 13 technology companies, based on consensus estimates among analysts polled by FactSet.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Still, AI-related stocks globally have been volatile recently, as investors who piled into companies tied to the infrastructure build-out reassess the large capital spending required to support it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
A major downturn in the Swiss economy should still be avoided, as consumer and capital spending have picked up and will keep the economy moving in 1999.
From The 1999 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
