Hourly compensation -- covering every outlay for labor, including bonuses and stock options, when they are cashed in -- rose at a 4.2percentt annual rate in the first quarter, up from 3.8percentt in the fourth, the bureau reported yesterday.
That assumes that every outlay is just as important as every other outlay.
And the outlay for pizzas and newspapers and movie tickets?
Eight years on, and his outlay is close to £1bn.
In the US, we finally ended the Great Depression with massive wartime borrowing and public outlay.
Tenants pay rent and recoup the outlay through housing benefit.
And an expensive outlay for a foundering company is cancelled.
Most governments have dealt with these retiree health plans on a "pay as you go" basis, buying a year's worth of coverage for their retirees every year and reporting those outlays as the cost of the plan.
Exports grew 3.3percentt and outlays for plant and equipment were up 2.7percentt, Statistics Canada said.
These and other outlays merit closer scrutiny, to be sure.
