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
That will require $5.5 billion in capital expenditure, including $1.7 billion this year.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 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
The company said fuel represents about a third of its costs and has increased expenditure by about £40,000 a week.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 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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Investors will now turn to a busy slate of U.S. economic data this week, including job openings, the ADP employment report, personal-consumption expenditures and nonfarm payrolls, for clues on the Fed’s next policy move.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Analysts are forecasting the August headline personal consumption expenditures price index to rise 0.4% month over month from 0.2% in July, while remaining unchanged at 3.7% year over year.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026
"Even if you receive the maximum maintenance loan rate, it may not be enough to cover both rent and other daily expenditures."
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
This year, the company is on track for between $130 billion and $145 billion in capital expenditures, or spending on physical assets such as data centers.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
It represents, in short, a substantial segment of today’s expenditures for health.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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