purchasing power parity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpurchase,powerandparity
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purchase
noun
uk/ˈpɜː.tʃəs/us/ˈpɝː.tʃəs/
something that ...
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power
noun
uk/paʊər/us/ˈpaʊ.ɚ/
ability to control people ...
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parity
noun[U]
uk/ˈpær.ə.ti/us/ˈper.ə.t̬i/
equality, especially of pay ...
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(Definition ofpurchase,powerandparityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Do purchasingpowerparityand uncovered interest rate parity hold in the long run?
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Economic growth adjusted for purchasingpowerparityand inflation.
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Yet neither power preponderance norpowerparitycan account for the wars that took place.
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If one is doing cross-cultural experiments, translating monetary endowments across cultures to maintain purchasingpowerparitycan be a challenge.
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Thepowerparityhypothesis predicts that peace is achieved by a balance of power, because unless a preponderant power is balanced, war is likely to occur.
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These have been converted to sterling on purchasingpowerparity, together with figures for route mileage; track mileage figures are not available.
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Without being a slavish devotee of what is called purchasingpowerparitytheory.
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I do not suggest that there should be wild depreciation but sufficient to maintain stable prices and purchasingpowerparity.
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In purchasingpowerparityterms, it is already the world's second-largest economy.
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We should also improve our methods of calculating purchasingpowerparityby developing regional rather than national indicators.
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He did that because he took the concept of purchasingpowerparityrather than the concept of the fundamental equilibrium exchange rate.
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The expenditure figures have been converted into sterling by means of general purchasingpowerparityexchange rates for 1982.
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Improving price competitiveness tends to be associated with appreciating purchasingpowerparityexchange rates for any given nominal market exchange rate.
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Indeed, it is below the purchasingpowerparity.
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They did that because they used purchasingpowerparitytheory rather than fundamental equilibrium exchange rate theory.
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