expenditures
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The Commerce Department, which forecasts more than $22 trillion in total personal-consumption expenditures this year, estimated that consumers spent more than $400 billion on fuel last year, not including businesses’ diesel costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The watchdog's report also notes that equipment losses have totaled $3.7bn, with other $7.4bn in other expenditures.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
"The big four hyperscalers, which include Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and Alphabet, have spent roughly $900 billion in the last two years on capital expenditures for AI," Brooks noted.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Oracle is spending up to support its business; for the August quarter, it reported $28.5 billion in capital expenditures, or money put toward things like data centers and hardware.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Yet Burnham knew that such expenditures, as well as continued spending on police, garbage removal, and maintenance of roads and lawns, was vital.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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