(Photo illustration by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images / Getty Images) In order to maintain the same purchasing power as there was 22 years ago, Social Security would have to increase by $539.80 per month.

Illustration: Jacob Reynolds. Inflation is high, but U.S. consumers’ relative purchasing power has never been higher.

Purchasing power is how much people can afford based on their costs and their income. In 2021 and 2022, when inflation was surging, wage growth was also rising but not nearly as sharply, ...

Residents of the Pine Bluff, Ark., and Greenville, N.C., metro areas may be carrying around fatter wallets as the purchasing power of their incomes grew nearly 8 percent between 2011 and 2012 ...

The U.S. dollar is at its strongest in 30 years, judging by the Economist’s January 2019 Big Mac Index, which measures the purchasing-power of currencies against each other.

E lon Musk plans to charge Twitter users $8 a month for a “verified” account, and to adjust the fee based on “purchasing-power parity”. How might that work? Think about what $8 can buy in ...

Primerica Household Budget Index™ - In September 2024, the average purchasing power for middle-income families was 102.7%, up from 102.1% in August 2024.

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire speaks at the rostrum of the Assemblée Nationale, Monday, July 18, 2022, during the debates on the purchasing power bill.

A new report from the parliamentary budget officer says inflation and higher interest rates have eroded Canadians' purchasing power since 2022, particularly for lower-income households.