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expenditure

[ik-spen-di-cher] / ɪkˈspɛn dɪ tʃər /


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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

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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