expenditure
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UBS analyst Stephen Ju expects hyperscaler capital expenditure expectations will be revised up rather than down, as AI demand continues to exceed infrastructure capacity.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Albanese said Australia "cannot settle for a short-term boom in capital expenditure and construction".
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Krishna said in the last few weeks of June, clients shifted their quarterly capital expenditure to secure supply-constrained infrastructure ahead of a rise in prices, which affected buying patterns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Candidates receiving the funding must abide by expenditure limits and adhere to the criteria set by statute, ordinance or charter to demonstrate broad support, such as demonstrate a large number of small dollar contributions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Every year or two the relative positions of the planets and the physics of Kepler and Newton permit the launch of a spacecraft to Mars or Venus with a minimum expenditure of energy.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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For economists and policymakers, the producer-price index report is noteworthy mostly because some of its underlying figures are used to calculate the Fed’s preferred inflation metric, the price index of personal-consumption expenditures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Morgan Stanley raised Amazon’s total companywide capital expenditures for 2027 and 2028 by 15% and 29%, respectively — with the company now projected to spend $308 billion in 2027 and $318 billion in 2028.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
The announcement didn’t provide details about the terms of the commitment or the timing of its expenditures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Howmet has said it would step up capital expenditures to $500 million this year, a 10% increase from a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Caesar was one of those who wanted to gain the principality of Rome; but if he had survived and had not moderated his expenditures after doing so, he would have destroyed the power he acquired.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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