purchasing power
Example Sentences
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Gold and silver are doing well amid rising geopolitical tensions and concerns about a loss of purchasing power in the U.S. dollar and other currencies.
From Barron's
“The tumbling property sector has reduced China’s once substantial demand for raw materials, the negative wealth effect has reduced people’s purchasing power, the consequent deflation has boosted exports and substituted imports, and investment has shifted from property to the green and high-tech sectors, lifting exports and squeezing imports,” Nomura economists said in a recent note.
The national currency, the rial, has lost more than a third of its value against the US dollar over the past year, while double-digit inflation has been undermining Iranians' purchasing power for years.
From Barron's
“Ultimately, some of the higher costs must be passed onto consumers in the highly competitive food retailing industry, so consumers stand to ultimately see higher food prices and reduced purchasing power.”
From Salon
“Ultimately, some of the higher costs must be passed onto consumers in the highly competitive food retailing industry, so consumers stand to ultimately see higher food prices and reduced purchasing power.”
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
