Sentence examples for gains purchasing power from inspiring English sources

With prices falling across the economy -- the government announced today that consumer prices declined 1.6percentt in February -- money left in a bank account gains purchasing power over time here even without earning interest.

The only circumstances in which borrowing should be free, or even cheaper than free, is when prices are expected to fall, so money gains in purchasing power merely by being stashed in a checking account, or in cash.

In his 2014 letter to shareholders, he said people should "invest with a multi-decade horizon... Their focus should remain fixed on attaining significant gains in purchasing power over their investing lifetime," rather than on moments of stock market volatility or economic crisis.

Now, financial advisors are reporting 6% gains for your portfolio, but inflation is close to 3% so you're real gain in purchasing power or wealth is only 3%.

Although a strong euro crimps sales abroad, it boosts spending at home: what exporters lose in pricing power, consumers gain in purchasing power.

"The rise in stock prices, as well as in the capital gains on homes, has created a marked increase in purchasing power without providing an equivalent and immediate expansion in the supply of goods and services," he said.

Many Americans have seen no purchasing power gains in decades, and they've only recently advanced because of the big fall in energy prices.

Several economic measures — including purchasing power, average wages and productivity gains — indicate that the minimum wage should be at least $10 an hour today, not $9 an hour three years from now.

In addition, it is a boost to purchasing power on a scale that was not seen in either the early 1980s or 1990s recessions.Now, of course, any gains to oil consumers are lost by oil producers.

When he spoke of depression, he meant the socioeconomic conditions that afflict most of Europe: five years without economic growth, compounded by no population growth, no productivity gains, and no rise in consumption, wages, investment, or purchasing power.

Both wind generation bidders may have tremendous profit uplift as a marginal unit even though the probabilistic uncertainty is considered, because the gains from wind strategic bidding outweigh the cost of purchasing power due to insufficient wind production.