purchasing power of money

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• Purchasing power — is the amount of value of a good/services compared to the amount paid with a currency. Currency can be either a commodity money, like gold or silver, or fiat currency like US dollars which are the world reserve currency. As Adam Smith noted,… …   Wikipedia

• purchasing power — purchasing .power n [U] 1.) the amount of money that a person or group has available to spend ▪ increases in purchasing power 2.) the amount that a unit of money can buy ▪ The purchasing power of the local currency has halved …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Purchasing power parity — GDP per capita adjusted for Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) in the world, 2009 …   Wikipedia

• Purchasing Power Loss/Gain — An increase or decrease in how much consumers can buy with a given amount of money. Consumers lose purchasing power when prices increase, and gain purchasing power when prices decrease. Causes of purchasing power loss include government… …   Investment dictionary

• Purchasing Power — 1. The value of a currency expressed in terms of the amount of goods or services that one unit of money can buy. Purchasing power is important because, all else being equal, inflation decreases the amount of goods or services you d be able to… …   Investment dictionary

• purchasing power — The amount of credit available for securities trading in a margin account, after taking margin requirements into consideration. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary A settlement bank s cash position in Central Bank money and its collateral value of… …   Financial and business terms

• purchasing power — noun (U) 1 the amount of money that a person or group has available to spend compared to other people: Widespread wage rises result in increased purchasing power. 2 the value of a unit of money considered in terms of how much you can buy with it …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• purchasing power — pur|chas|ing pow|er [ pɜrtʃəsıŋ ,paur ] noun uncount FORMAL 1. ) the ability of people to buy goods and services, usually based on how much they earn and save: The purchasing power of teenagers has increased enormously. 2. ) the value of a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• purchasing power — UK [ˈpɜː(r)tʃəsɪŋ ˌpaʊə(r)] / US [ˈpɜrtʃəsɪŋ ˌpaʊr] noun [uncountable] formal 1) the ability of people to buy goods and services, usually based on how much they earn and save The purchasing power of teenagers has increased enormously. 2) the… …   English dictionary

• purchasing power — / pɜ:tʃɪsɪŋ ˌpaυə/ noun the quantity of goods which can be bought by a particular group of people or with a particular sum of money ● the purchasing power of the school market ● The purchasing power of the pound has fallen over the last five… …   Dictionary of banking and finance

• purchasing power — 1. Also called buying power. the ability to purchase goods and services. 2. the value of money in terms of what it can buy at a specified time compared to what it could buy at some period established as a base: the purchasing power of the dollar …   Universalium