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[buhj-it] / ˈbʌdΚ’ Ιͺt /




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“While the government handed the budget to the Fiscal Council on October 15, the details are not yet public.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The expert pointed to Macron's influence over talks on Christine Lagarde's successor as head of the European Central Bank and the EU budget talks.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Other data due in the coming week include public finance data for September on Wednesday, which come ahead of Treasury Chief John Healey’s budget statement on Oct.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

I allowed for $10,000 a year for special spending on top of your monthly budget for travel for 10 years, so you would build in a little fun.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

No, we just told her we needed a present worthy of our amazing father that also fit our measly budget.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

“There are budgets that have been laid out, but no resources that have been allocated to it yet,” Herrera said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

The prices of many goods and services followed suit, leaving less room in budgets for more frivolous purchases.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Raman voted for three city budgets that funded the program, approving $300 million in 2023 alone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Although higher inflation will boost tax revenues, it will also eat into the value of departments' cash budgets, the IFS said.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

He began lobbying officials there to include the various second-line antibiotics on their list of “essential drugs”—a list that the ministries followed and allocated money for in their budgets.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

Abubakar has floated a plan for a "targeted" subsidy, described as "capped and budgeted production support tied to fuel refined in Nigeria" to help bring down prices at the pump.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Earlier this year, Freddie Mac announced that, for mortgages with applications received on or after Jan. 4, 2027, the minimum replacement-reserve allocation will rise to 15% from 10% of annual budgeted assessment income.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Current estimates indicate that the second correction and orbital insertion should both require less fuel than originally budgeted.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

Compare that with how much is actually being budgeted for reserves each year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

But they bowed to Sproul’s judgment that losing Lawrence would be even costlier, and voted to cover all the annual operating and maintenance costs that Lawrence had budgeted for the Rad Lab.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

As David’s continues developing its AI tools, it’s adding new “embedded tasks” inside Pearl, such as a budgeting capability based on where the wedding will be held.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Adam Auriemma on budgeting, renting versus buying, investments, financial advisors, and more!

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

A long-term infrastructure plan administered with two-year budgeting “sets clear priorities, identifies the projects that need to get done, and plans how to fund them over time,” proponents said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Related: Classic budgeting rules don’t work anymore — even if your household makes $100,000.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

She had traveled for stories a few times in the past—down to Columbus, to investigate state budgeting cuts; up to Ann Arbor, when a former Shaker student had started at quarterback in the Michigan-OSU game.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng


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