purchasing power of the dollar

  • 1purchasing power of the dollar — The amount of goods and services that can be exchanged for a dollar as compared with amount of a previous time period. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …

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  • 2purchasing 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… …

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  • 3purchasing 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 …

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  • 4purchasing 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 …

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  • 5purchasing power — noun : capacity to buy: as a. : capacity of an individual, group of individuals, or the aggregate of prospective buyers as determined primarily by current income and savings called also buying power b. : the worth of money as determined by what… …

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  • 6Purchasing 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,… …

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  • 7Purchasing power parity — GDP per capita adjusted for Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) in the world, 2009 …

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  • 8Purchasing Power Parity — Kaufkraftparität (KKP) (engl. purchasing power parity, PPP; parität = Gleichheit von lat. par = gleich) ist ein Begriff der makroökonomischen Analyse. Die KKP zwischen zwei geografischen Räumen liegt dann vor, wenn Waren und Dienstleistungen… …

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  • 9Purchasing 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… …

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  • 10Constant purchasing power accounting — Accountancy Key concepts Accountant · Accounting period · Bookkeeping · Cash and accrual basis · Cash flow management · Chart of accounts  …

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