English-Finnish translations for purchasing power

• ostovoima
  Ostovoima Romaniassa on 60 prosenttia siitä mitä se oli vuonna 1989. Purchasing power in Romania is 60% of what it was in 1989.
  Venäjä on valtava kaupankäyntialue, jolla on entistä suurempi ostovoima. Russia is an enormous trade area, with ever increasing purchasing power.
  Ostovoima voidaan minun mielestäni saada takaisin ainoastaan jäädyttämällä kuluttajahinnat. Purchasing power will only recover, I believe, with a moratorium on consumer prices.
• hankintavoima

Definition of purchasing power

• The amount of goods and services that can be bought with a unit of currency
• The amount of goods and services that can be bought by consumers; available income; spending power
• The ability of a large collective or company to negotiate more favourable prices and terms than a smaller group or company

Synonyms

• buying power

Examples

• The exchange rates do not always reflect true differences in the purchasing power of currencies
• High interest rates are affecting the purchasing power of homeowners
• Large supermarkets usually have better purchasing power than small, local shops

Related words

• purchasing
• purchasing power parity
• purchasing contract
• purchasing group
• corporate purchasing card