buying power
noun
: the amount of money that a person or group has available to spend : purchasing power
Inflation decreases consumer buying power.
a multinational corporation with a tremendous amount of buying power
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During the past 25 years, consumers have lost a tremendous amount of buying power to inflation.
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Mike Patton, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Retirees worry tariffs will hurt their buying power While new estimates point to a higher COLA than this year's 2.5% boost to benefits, the projections are lower than some increases Social Security beneficiaries have seen in recent years.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
Inflationary pressures are eating into buying power.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
But that was only a 13% boost to buying power.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 18 Aug. 2025
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Mike Patton, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Retirees worry tariffs will hurt their buying power While new estimates point to a higher COLA than this year's 2.5% boost to benefits, the projections are lower than some increases Social Security beneficiaries have seen in recent years.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
Inflationary pressures are eating into buying power.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
But that was only a 13% boost to buying power.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 18 Aug. 2025
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“Buying power.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buying%20power. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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