"Even if they're not affected in terms of purchasing power, consumers feel it's ethical to spend less.
"But in terms of purchasing power, the minimum wage is the lowest it's been in nearly 50 years.
The days when the dollar was strong — both in terms of purchasing power and prestige — may be past.
According to the I.M.F., the global economy grew just 0.19 percent last year, measured in terms of purchasing power parity.
In terms of purchasing power, South Korea pays teachers on average 250 percent of what we do.
Measured in terms of purchasing power, Prague and Bratislava are now richer than their old imperial capital, Vienna.
Mr Scase added that newspapers should think in terms of "purchasing clusters" defined by leisure activities, and do more to find out what those were.
By resurrecting European economies, the Marshall Plan was a down payment on even greater returns in terms of purchasing American goods.
While the brand estimates that 40percentt of Crystal Light drinkers are men, "in terms of purchasing behavior, it's overwhelmingly women," Ms. Bernstein said.
"The initial impetus came from the city asking us to help out in terms of purchasing and redeveloping those properties," said Mr. Greene.
