purchasing power
noun
1
: the amount of money that a person or group has available to spend
Inflation decreases consumer purchasing power.
2
: the value of money thought of as how much it can buy
a decline in the purchasing power of the dollar
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Infrastructure: Lower cost of capital and higher capital expenditure on better purchasing power.
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Randy Watts, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
And, as inflation reduces their purchasing power, certain denominations of coins become more and more pointless to carry around.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
These shoppers represent a massive customer base: $1.4 trillion in annual purchasing power, according to a Merrill Lynch analysis from 2023.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 7 May 2025
Disposable income by state and European country reveals Americans could theoretically have more purchasing power even amid these financial concerns, but experts say this is misleading for the greater economic conditions at work in the U.S. and in Europe.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
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Randy Watts, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
And, as inflation reduces their purchasing power, certain denominations of coins become more and more pointless to carry around.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
These shoppers represent a massive customer base: $1.4 trillion in annual purchasing power, according to a Merrill Lynch analysis from 2023.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 7 May 2025
Disposable income by state and European country reveals Americans could theoretically have more purchasing power even amid these financial concerns, but experts say this is misleading for the greater economic conditions at work in the U.S. and in Europe.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Purchasing power.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purchasing%20power. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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