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PURCHASING POWER [1 record]

Record 1 2013-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Saving and Consumption
DEF

Capacity to buy goods and services in physical units with an amount of money.

CONT

Not compensating programs budgets for inflation has eroded purchasing power by about 20 percent over this period.

OBS

Purchasing power diminishes when inflation and the cost of living increases.

PHR

Purchasing power of the dollar

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épargne et consommation
DEF

Capacité d'achat de biens et de services que procure à une personne ou à un groupe de personnes l'ensemble de ses revenus ou de ses disponibilités.

CONT

L'absence de rajustements tenant compte de l'inflation s'est traduite par une réduction de l'ordre de 20 pour 100 du pouvoir d'achat des budgets de programme durant cette période.

PHR

Pouvoir d'achat du dollar.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ahorro y consumo
DEF

Capacidad de compra de bienes y servicios en unidades físicas con una cantidad de dinero. El poder adquisitivo disminuye al aumentar la inflación y el coste de la vida.

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