purchasing power

Example Sentences

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Economists expect the severe price jumps to eat into Americans’ purchasing power and could slow aggregate consumer spending.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Over the past three-and-a-half decades, India's software industry has created millions of white-collar jobs, spawning a new middle class driven by high ambition and strong purchasing power.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Inflation is known to erode the purchasing power of fixed interest payments and raises demand for yields.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

Across the world economy, production costs will fall while a persistent drag on growth is removed and household purchasing power is strengthened.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Their increased purchasing power afforded them summer vacations to the beach or the mountains.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson