purchasing power
Example Sentences
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It is a position the iPhone-maker hasn’t found itself in since Cook harnessed the company’s purchasing power to squeeze rock-bottom costs from suppliers and shift expensive assets from Apple’s balance sheet to theirs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
That could happen if workers secured bigger pay rises to preserve their purchasing power, with businesses in turn raising their prices to maintain their profit margins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
"It feels like our purchasing power is shrinking. This is the only way to combat that."
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
That erodes the purchasing power of the yen and feeds into the inflation problem that the Bank of Japan only recently started raising interest rates to fight.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
“Mass purchasing power makes the big difference. For example, breaded veal cutlets.”
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
