If import costs rise then inflation could rise too, bringing increases in day-to-day expenditures such as food.
But the surplus turned into a $4.3 million deficit over all because of stock market losses of about $4.4 million and a shift of $5.5 million from its investment portfolio to use for day-to-day expenditures.
Insider dealing is a serious lapse, but it isn't even in the same league as creating hundreds of millions of dollars in fake profits (Enron), disguising day-to-day expenditures as capital investments (WorldCom), or booking nonexistent revenues to keep the stock price up (Global Crossing, Lucent, and others too numerous to mention).
With the economy slipping closer to rock bottom every day now, many of us are going to have to start cutting back on our day-to-day expenditures.
On top of the $900 billion spending cut over the next ten years from federal programs, agencies and day-to-day expenditures, the agreement called for the formation of a special "super committee" that must identify further spending cuts by Thanksgiving.
The CPPR said that meant Scotland would be heavily reliant on oil revenues to fund day-to-day expenditure.
In most jurisdictions a maximum, usually expressed as an absolute dollar sum and one relatively low in terms of present-day expenditure levels, is set.
Expenses such as train tickets, a pint of lager and match tickets have increased by 5% on last year, to an average match-day expenditure of £89.53.
As Forbes pointed out at the time: "In the same way that you could get a mortgage to buy another house but couldn't get one to pay for food and daily living expenses, the council cannot borrow more money for its day-to-day expenditure".
Mother Wang remained in her own accommodation but the two sons' families provided material support including food and some cash for day-to-day expenditure and medicines; everyone in the network provided practical support during their rotation; the younger son was the main source of emotional support; while Mother Wang's daughter was her main source of personal care.
