How to Use purchasing power in a Sentence

purchasing power

noun
  • Its job is to maintain and grow purchasing power.
    — Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 16 June 2026
  • All of that has largely ceased, and the loss of purchasing power is acutely felt.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Here are some countries where the dollar has the most purchasing power.
    — Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
  • But people’s pay and purchasing power are still catching up to the levels lost through the price surge.
    — David McHugh, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2024
  • To restore the purchasing power of wages, prices will have to fall, not just stop increasing.
    — William Dunkelberg, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Hourly wages outpaced price gains in the spring for the first time in two years, giving consumers more purchasing power.
    — Ben Casselman, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Cash, while stable in nominal terms, tends to lose purchasing power over time.
    — Bruce Helmer, Twin Cities, 23 May 2026
  • But both can help preserve your money’s purchasing power.
    — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
  • Even when the prices paid are the same across all consumers, the loss of purchasing power is greatest for those with the least income.
    — Claudia Sahm, Twin Cities, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Gold and silver are viewed as stable stores of value that retain purchasing power over time.
    — Luciano Duque, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2025
  • These are countries where people are still growing their purchasing power.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 18 June 2024
  • And even as household purchasing power is dropping, prices are spiking.
    — Javier Alvarez, Foreign Affairs, 24 Nov. 2014
  • Since wages for most Americans have not gone up as much as prices, purchasing power has declined.
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Since wages for most Americans have not gone up as much as prices, purchasing power has declined.
    — Monique Johnson, The Providence Journal, 18 Feb. 2026
  • That means the purchasing power of income is preserved, even as the dollar weakens.
    — Ellie Perlman, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • This comes as inflation has cut into the purchasing power of most households.
    — Catherine Allen, NBC News, 23 Nov. 2023
  • What might seem like a comfortable nest egg today could lose half its purchasing power in 30 years.
    — Bob Chitrathorn, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Money in a safe deposit box will not earn interest, so the purchasing power of your cash will decrease.
    — Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 25 June 2023
  • People’s purchasing power is under pressure with inflation and gas prices and all the rest of it.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 21 Mar. 2024
  • This year, put your purchasing power into items the people in your life actually want.
    — Nicol Natale, People.com, 13 Apr. 2025
  • If your portfolio isn't growing enough to keep pace with rising costs, your purchasing power can slowly erode.
    — Andrew Rosen, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • This is in place to ensure the purchasing power of benefits is not eroded over time by inflation.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
  • If the purchasing power of a dollar is falling, the interest rate must be higher to make bond holders whole.
    — Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • An uptick in sweet potatoes or a price dip in dinner rolls is trivial compared to the systemic erosion of purchasing power.
    — Eugene Ludwig, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
  • That’s good news for the many wage workers who have seen their purchasing power shrink as prices get higher, and companies get stingier with pay.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Your savings balance may have gone up, but your purchasing power actually went down.
    — Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2026
  • But a few years later, the rising cost of everyday life begins to nibble at purchasing power.
    — Steve Booren, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Our goal as investment advisers is to protect and grow the purchasing power of your money.
    — Steve Booren, The Denver Post, 19 May 2024
  • Prices fell last year after mortgage rates more than doubled and suddenly sapped the purchasing power of buyers.
    — Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • That debt has piled up as credit card rates have jumped and inflation continues to sap households' purchasing power.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2024

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