purchasing power

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Measured by purchasing-power, Chile has overtaken Argentina in income per head.
按購買力計算，智利在人均收入上已經(jīng)超過了阿根廷。
Since currencies should trade at the rate that makes the price of goods the same in each country, purchasing-power is a good indicator of how expensive goods are.
由於貨幣的貿(mào)易滙率應(yīng)該使得商品在每個國家擁有同樣的價格，購買力是一個衡量商品到底有多貴的良好指標。
The index is based on the idea of purchasing-power parity (PPP), which says currencies should trade at the rate that makes the price of goods the same in each country.
指數(shù)在購買力平價（PPP）這一概唸基礎(chǔ)上産生，購買力平價是指貨幣應(yīng)以使商品價格在各個國家保持一致的滙率兌換。

"When you compare the purchasing power the foreign purchasing power would be much higher than the middle-class or upper-class purchasing power in Thailand.

Current rates, however, do not come close to offsetting the purchasing-power risk that investors assume.
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Measuring at purchasing-power parity makes the gap in GDP and living standards look narrower.
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EU's figures are in purchasing-power-parity terms, which strip out the effects of exchange-rate fluctuations.
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The purchasing power of a currency is the amount of goods or services that you can buy with it.
The purchasing power of a person or group of people is the amount of goods or services that they can afford to buy.