purchasing power
Example Sentences
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“For device manufacturers, this is a double whammy,” the analyst says, adding that rising component costs and weakened consumer purchasing power could slow the demand.
“Our purchasing power fell so much that I had to drive a taxi in Venezuela just to put bread on the table,” said Carlos Márquez, a former PdVSA employee who now works at a water park in the Canary Islands.
When adjusted for purchasing power, its per capita GDP will exceed Japan's this year and reach 80 percent of the European average, according to the IMF and Eurostat.
From Barron's
Monday's strike follows warning strikes last month in several parts of the public sector, as unions sound the alarm over staff shortages and loss of purchasing power for workers.
From Barron's
Apple’s purchasing power and expertise in designing advanced electronics long made it an unrivaled Goliath among the Asian companies that make most of the iPhone’s parts and assemble the device.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.