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.
由於貨幣的貿易滙率應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.
指數在購買力平價（PPP）這一概唸基礎上産生，購買力平價是指貨幣應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.