capital spending
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It can refuse to solve a geopolitical bottleneck by breaking housing, small business, traditional manufacturing and capital spending.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
Already the high profitability has encouraged heavy capital spending.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
When businesses cannot estimate energy costs with any conviction, they begin delaying capital spending, reducing expansion plans and preserving cash.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Alphabet and Amazon.com collectively plan capital spending of $725 billion this year, much of it on artificial-intelligence chips.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 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
