purchasing power of the currency

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• purchasing power — The ability to purchase goods and services. In times of inflation a loss of purchasing power occurs when monetary assets are held because of the decline in the purchasing power of the currency. If a company has monetary liabilities, a purchasing… …   Accounting dictionary

• purchasing power — The ability to purchase goods and services. In times of inflation a loss of purchasing power occurs when monetary assets are held because of the decline in the purchasing power of the currency. If a company has monetary liabilities, a purchasing… …   Big dictionary of business and management

• 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 — 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 — 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 — 1) N UNCOUNT The purchasing power of a currency is the amount of goods or services that you can buy with it. The real purchasing power of the rouble has plummeted. 2) N UNCOUNT The purchasing power of a person or group of people is the amount of… …   English dictionary

• Purchasing power parity — The notion that the ratio between domestic and foreign price levels should equal the equilibrium exchange rate between domestic and foreign currencies. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * purchasing power parity purchasing power parity ➔… …   Financial and business terms

• purchasing power parity — The notion that the ratio between domestic and foreign price levels should equal the equilibrium exchange rate between domestic and foreign currencies. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * purchasing power parity purchasing power parity ➔ parity… …   Financial and business terms

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

• Purchasing Power Parity - PPP — An economic theory that estimates the amount of adjustment needed on the exchange rate between countries in order for the exchange to be equivalent to each currency s purchasing power. The relative version of PPP is calculated as: Where: S… …   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