The University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers on Friday said its Consumer Sentiment Index dropped to 67.8 from January's ...

The purchasing power of a currency decreases over time as the goods and services in a country go up in price. More rarely, purchasing power can increase if prices fall. Inflation is the process of ...

An increase in the value of the index offers a quantitative measure of inflation, or the decline of the dollar's purchasing power over time. Aside from eroding consumer purchasing power ...

After the presidential election and President-elect Donald Trump’s eventual return to the White House in January, the economy — specifically, the cost of living and cost of goods — is top of ...

Three terms that every newcomer should know are account value, cash value, and purchasing power. These are the three types of value that every brokerage trading account has. While they are related ...

If the index is above 100%, the purchasing power of middle-income families is stronger than in the baseline period and they may have extra money left over ... in the United States and Canada ...