purchasing power

Example Sentences

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The potential for stronger inflation is making investors demand higher yields to make up for the loss in a bonds’ purchasing power.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

How much consumers can afford—and where their discretionary purchasing power goes afterward—will be a question for retailers this earnings season.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

"That doesn't sound that much to us, but in terms of its purchasing power, this is massive," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

“We can never recapture the purchasing power of the dollar that has been lost,” the chairman admonished his colleagues in August 1955—even as the consumer-price index registered a rare, small year-over-year decline.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

“Mass purchasing power makes the big difference. For example, breaded veal cutlets.”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller