purchasing power
Example Sentences
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That means households’ purchasing power isn’t keeping up with increases in the cost of things like rent, groceries and gasoline.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
In their 2013 study “Golden Dilemma,” they found that over extremely long periods — a century or more — gold does appear to maintain its purchasing power.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
It should defend the purchasing power of the dollar.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
But wage-earners—in textile manufacturing and railroading, to pick two examples—gained by the steady appreciation in the purchasing power of their hard-earned money.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Their increased purchasing power afforded them summer vacations to the beach or the mountains.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
