purchasing power
noun
1
: the amount of money that a person or group has available to spend
Inflation decreases consumer purchasing power.
2
: the value of money thought of as how much it can buy
a decline in the purchasing power of the dollar
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Cash and cash-equivalent investments, such as money market funds, offer stability and liquidity but may lose purchasing power over time due to inflation.
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Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
Your savings balance may have gone up, but your purchasing power actually went down.
—Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2026
As inflation eroded the purchasing power of the middle class, companies shifted strategies to chase the resilient top 20%.
—Katica Roy, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2026
Ordinary Iranians, watching their purchasing power evaporate by the hour, soon joined them.
—Karl Vick, Time, 13 Jan. 2026
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Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
Your savings balance may have gone up, but your purchasing power actually went down.
—Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2026
As inflation eroded the purchasing power of the middle class, companies shifted strategies to chase the resilient top 20%.
—Katica Roy, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2026
Ordinary Iranians, watching their purchasing power evaporate by the hour, soon joined them.
—Karl Vick, Time, 13 Jan. 2026
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“Purchasing power.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purchasing%20power. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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