expenditure
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Investors are awaiting Wednesday's release of personal consumption expenditure data for October, with the Fed's preferred gauge of inflation likely to play a key role at its policy meeting at the end of October.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 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
In an early August poll commissioned by an independent expenditure group supporting Bass, the mayor had the edge, 41% to 35%, with 24% undecided.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Barclays said it sees capital expenditure among hyperscalers increasing to more than $1 trillion next year and to nearly $1.5 trillion in 2028.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
They discounted the boy’s protests for their impracticality and sought to rationalize expenditure.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
“This forces a ramp-up in the expenditures that are dedicated to care for our parks,” said City Councilmember Monica Rodriguez, who spearheaded the proposal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
While McKinney has raised half a million dollars, independent expenditures have spent more than $3 million to support the veteran prosecutor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Meanwhile, the inflation metric known as the personal-consumption expenditures price index rose by 3.4% over the past 12 months, the Commerce Department said in a separate report Wednesday, level from a month earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Some encouraging signs were that Oracle maintained its forecast for capital expenditures — or money put toward things like data centers and hardware — and reported strong cloud growth.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
On small things I was thrifty enough; no expenditures on “carousing,” flashy clothes, or any of the other indulgences that are often smugly believed to undermine the budgets of the poor.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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