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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On the flip side, Americans’ buying power judged by their personal income has climbed a smaller 21% pace since 2003, according to the Department of Commerce’s per-person measures. —Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 July 2024

So Medora, what does this new research find about the trend, kind of a bleak trend, that American's buying power is moving toward? —Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 21 June 2024

Imagine the buying power of a 7% mortgage for a borrower devoting 40% of those 75th percentage wages to the house payment. —Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 22 June 2024

Wages have been climbing faster than prices for over a year now, giving workers a real boost in their buying power. —Scott Horsley, NPR, 12 June 2024