expenditure
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Expenditure: The value of goods and services bought by households and by government, investment in machinery and buildings.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Expenditure on durables rose 2.0%, while expenditure on services fell 0.1% and non-durables fell 0.2%, the data showed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
"A host of corruption allegations in Chinese arms procurement led to major arms contracts being postponed or cancelled in 2024," Nan Tian, Director of SIPRI's Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme, said in a statement.
From Barron's • Nov. 30, 2025
In the current study, the researchers analyzed data from the 2018-2021 Medical Expenditure Panel Surveys, which are nationally representative of the civilian non-institutionalized U.S. population.
From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2024
Expenditure in 1887, including expenditure on Capital Account, $209,862.
From British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo by Treacher, W. H. (William Hood), Sir
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