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purchasing power investment & finance definition
- The amount of goods or services that a defined amount of money can buy. Purchasing power can be used as a proxy for measuring inflation. As inflation rises, purchasing power erodes.
- How much money someone can invest in a stock or financial market by using the maximum margin (amount of money that can be loaned) that the brokerage firm makes available.
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