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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But Trump’s tariffs pose an unusual dilemma for Fed officials because they’re expected to both raise consumer prices and hamper growth by sapping household buying power. Paul Davidson, USA Today, 17 June 2025 One tool the federal government could use to shape A.I.’s development is its buying power. John Cassidy, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025 If the annual inflation rate is 2% but the savings account only earns 1%, the cost of goods and services has outpaced the buying power of the money in the savings account that year. Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025 In a time of inflation, flat funding means the buying power of these programs would shrink. Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for buying power

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“Buying power.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buying%20power. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

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