Capital spending decline puts crimp on economy

The Journal Record;  September 21, 1998 ;     700+ words ......investment. AT&T has also shaved its capital spending, but for a different reason: It purchased...billion semiconductor plant in Virginia. Capital spending, a pillar of the nation's strong economic...stock prices and now a slowdown in capital spending are chipping away at the ...

ON CAPITAL SPENDING, BUSH MUST CONFRONT FEAR FACTOR

The Boston Globe;  January 19, 2003 ;     688 words ......President Bush's economic team must spur capital spending. Unfortunately, its current economic...to a $159 billion deficit in 2002. Capital spending - on growth-enabling plant and equipment...change. The economy grows along with capital spending and shrinks as capital ...

Expect flat capital spending by chip makers in 2006.(SEMICONDUCTORS)(Brief...

Purchasing;  October 20, 2005 ;     342 words ......region. There will be 15% increase in capital spending by North American device makers in...manufacturers are now planning to increase capital spending by 19% in 2005. However, semiconductor...Japan, Europe, and Taiwan are cutting capital spending in 2005 by 7%, 18%, and 2%, ...

Why capital spending matters: the results usually include increased...

Purchasing;  July 14, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Capital spending by semiconductor companies will...capacity to meet rising demand. While capital spending by the semiconductor industry will...researcher IC Insights forecasts capital spending by the top 25 semiconductor companies...

Continued Heavy Capital Spending Vital for Growth: Economist

Xinhua English Newswire;  March 6, 1999 ;     288 words ...Continued heavy capital spending is necessary if the Chinese...performance shows that increasing capital spending has had a positive effect on...have to continue increasing capital spending this year under the circumstances...

Manufacturing goes global. (capital spending)

Purchasing;  June 7, 1990 ;     700+ words ......year, yet U.S. businesses increased capital spending nearly 12%. In 1988, at the height...institute massive layoffs, reduce capital spending plans, and cut back on inventory stocks...important, why. Companies planning to cut capital spending in 1990 compared with 1989 eke out...

Capital spending plans delayed, but still up next year. (Cost Index)(News...

Plant Engineering;  November 8, 1990 ;     157 words ...Capital Spending Plans Delayed, But Still Up Next Year Capital spending on nondurables will be higher this year than...capacity was responsible for 15-30% annual jumps in capital spending for primary metals in the 1987-89 period. Rubber...

Capital spending continues decline

Pulp & Paper;  May 1, 2001 ;     111 words ...CAPITAL SPENDING Industry giant International Paper...that provided estimates had varying capital spending plans, based on specific project...million, almost double its 2000 capital spending. Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. estimates...

Fed: Telstra denies plan to cut capital spending

AAP General News (Australia);  May 20, 2003 ;     358 words ......Telstra denies plan to cut capital spending CANBERRA, May 20 AAP - Telstra denied today it would cut capital spending by up to 20 per cent and cut...statement of core domestic capital spending for the financial year ending...

Hospital CFOs Predict Double-Digit Increase in Capital Spending.

PR Newswire;  March 2, 2004 ;     700+ words ......will increase their hospitals' capital spending over the next five years. CFOs expect to increase capital spending by an average of 14 percent per...average annual increases in capital spending between 1997 and 2001 were merely...

Group warns state about capital spending

The Boston Globe;  September 7, 1995 ;     533 words ......Taxpayers Foundation. While the report on capital spending doesn't say much about the proposed...administration has pledged to limit capital spending over the next five years to $4.5 billion...debt service by imposing a cap on capital spending of $900 million a year. "Everything...

Unocal 1997 Capital Spending Plan Reflects Shift to Development of Asia...

PR Newswire;  December 9, 1996 ;     699 words ......chief executive officer, said the 1997 capital spending forecast reflects Unocal's continued...In 1995, about 70 percent of our capital spending, or more than $1 billion, was on domestic...said. For 1997, 67 percent of our capital spending plan, or about $900 million, is directed...

Suppliers cautious as merchants spend. (Capital Spending suppliers).

Home Textiles Today;  June 23, 2003 ;     700+ words ......home fashions producers have cut their capital spending to the bone, with most of this year...Hollander Home Fashions Boca Raton, FL '03 capital spending--$2.0 million '02 capital spending--$2.0 million 0.0% So far this year...

Capital spending next to fall

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  February 10, 2001 ;     597 words ...Historical Perspectives Capital spending next to fall A business cutback...economic winter. The slowdown in capital spending could be bad news for U.S...productivity improved precisely as capital spending surged. As recently as 1992...

Japanese 2nd quarter capital spending rises to 10.7%

China Daily;  September 7, 2004 ;     400 words ...Japanese companies increased capital spending for a fifth straight quarter, prompting...economy. Stocks advanced and bonds fell. Capital spending rose 10.7 per cent from a year earlier...Bloomberg News survey of economists. "The capital spending report increases the likelihood that...