capital spending

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Last week, Microsoft raised its capital spending forecast for the year by $25 billion, while Meta Platforms added $10 billion to its own planned outlay, with both citing rising component costs as the justification.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Meta’s stock plunged after an earnings report last week that included a $10 billion boost to planned capital spending to around $135 billion this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

“The market is willing to look past very high capital spending only if it is accompanied by very high and accelerating cloud sales growth,” wrote Ned Davis Research analyst Pat Tschosik in a research note.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

The company’s capital spending has been declining, because it completed growth projects in Kazakhstan and the U.S.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

A major downturn in the Swiss economy should still be avoided, as consumer and capital spending have picked up and will keep the economy moving in 1999.

From The 1999 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency