What is Expenditure?

[KORfan]

On the graphs display in the game (OpenXCOM or UFO Defense), on the Finance graph there's something called Expenditure.  What is this number, how is it calculated, what does it represent?  It seems to be 0 for most of the year.  Is it how much of your starting cash you've spent?  Could it be money spent on hard goods (rifles, ammunition, aircraft) as compared to base maintenance and manufacturing costs?

[Hobbes]

Income is the $$$$ received from the Council or sales.
Expenditure the $$$$$ spent on buying/building stuff/facilities
Maintenance he t$$$$$ spend on base maintenance, craft lease and salaries

[KORfan]

Income is the $$$$ received from the Council or sales.
Expenditure the $$$$$ spent on buying/building stuff/facilities
Maintenance he t$$$$$ spend on base maintenance, craft lease and salaries

I don't think Income includes sales, it's almost always less than Maintenance yet my balance is positive.

When you say Expenditure includes building stuff, do you mean manufacturing or building base facilities?

[Hobbes]

I don't think Income includes sales, it's almost always less than Maintenance yet my balance is positive.

When you say Expenditure includes building stuff, do you mean manufacturing or building base facilities?

Expenditure includes both I think.

[KORfan]

Mine doesn't look like that, it's 0 most of the year in spite of me spending and building.  Okay, I don't buy rifles or Avalanche rounds anymore, but it's flat.