purchasing power

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Measured by purchasing-power, Chile has overtaken Argentina in income per head.
按购买力计算，智利在人均收入上已经超过了阿根廷。
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.
由于货币的贸易汇率应该使得商品在每个国家拥有同样的价格，购买力是一个衡量商品到底有多贵的良好指标。
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.
指数在购买力平价（PPP）这一概念基础上产生，购买力平价是指货币应以使商品价格在各个国家保持一致的汇率兑换。

"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.