expenditure
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Excluding AI technology companies, capital expenditure “is running at zero,” says Arend Kapteyn, chief economist at UBS’s investment bank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Candidates would have to abide by certain expenditure limits and follow strict criteria.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The closely watched personal consumption expenditure gauge came in at a below-forecast 3.4 percent, while the Commerce Department revised upwards its estimate for second-quarter economic growth thanks to the artificial intelligence investment boom.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
The IFS estimates that the present triple lock will increase annual state pension expenditure by £16bn a year by 2026–27, compared with if it had risen in line with average earnings growth since 2011.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Her other expenditure was at the lending library, where she borrowed Oliver Twist.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
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In its latest quarterly filing, the company said it expects capital expenditures to exceed $25 billion in 2026.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
A company’s free-cash-flow yield is its remaining cash flow after capital expenditures, or spending on physical assets.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
A softer-than-expected U.S. personal-consumption expenditures reading released end-September likely tempered Fed rate-hike bets in October, Société Générale said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari said on Wednesday price pressures remained elevated even after the Fed’s preferred inflation measure, the personal consumption expenditures price index, came in lower-than-expected Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
The directors of the Exposition Company did decide to seek a direct appropriation from Congress, but their request triggered a congressional investigation of the fair’s expenditures.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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