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

Examples of purchasing power in a Sentence

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Ordinary Iranians, watching their purchasing power evaporate by the hour, soon joined them. —Karl Vick, Time, 13 Jan. 2026

The decline in purchasing power in Western countries continues to be a concern, Urbini said, but there are opportunities for strategic investment elsewhere. —Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 6 Jan. 2026

Fiscal dominance is the point at which financing needs begin to constrain the central bank’s inflation fight, and the adjustment happens through the purchasing power of money rather than through taxes or spending cuts. —Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2026

All of that has largely ceased, and the loss of purchasing power is acutely felt. —Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 23 Dec. 2025

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