#Spending

The federal government is drowning itself in red ink, caused by its spending far more than the revenues it collects. Economists agree that the debt explosion raises Americans’ borrowing costs, […]

Australia’s public debt may be well below that of France but there are lessons to be taken from its economic woes

Meta launched roughly $35 billion in offerings on Monday, comprising $22.5 billion in Class A common stock and $12.5 billion in securities representing mandatory convertible preferred stock.

Tasmanian Labor wants to bring in spending caps for state elections. Parties could spend up to $50,000 per candidate, and independents up to $60,000. Tasmania's upper house and local government elections already have spending limits.…

Corporate America’s massive AI investments have delivered “zero financial payoff” outside the Magnificent 7, a new Apollo analysis found, intensifying investors’ fears over big AI spending ahead of critical Big Tech earnings this week.

It would take true Milei-like ardour to slice through Brazil’s economic troubles. These are caused by a gnarly mix of high public spending, stubborn inflation and low saving. The result is a crippling cost of capital.…

Apollo Global Management chief economist Torsten Slock’s remarks echo recent studies which have found AI is yet to deliver significant productivity gains.

Calculations from the Center for Global Development say spending next year is likely to be £410m less than anticipated

This will be my first Halloween I’m spending at home, sober 🎉 I have some crafty projects I want to work on and a frozen pumpkin shaped pizza BUT I need good movie suggestions! Horror/thriller I thought about renting Buddy?…

Weekly tokens on OpenRouter (how much people actually run AI models through 1 big marketplace), went up about 93x from the start of 2025 to last quarter. Cloud spending went up about 3x over the same stretch.…

I imagined agent payments would be like: comparing prices, narrowing down the options, then hand it over and I just tap confirm. And suprisingly the whole process involves automatic payment.…