As LGBTQ acceptance increased, more companies were incentivized to target LGBTQ consumers, who in 2015 represented an estimated buying power of $917 billion, or 6.8% of total US buying power.
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So, you're down to something where the buying power of private equity, plus just the normal buying power from companies who want to get – it's just a huge amount of competition.
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So you're down to something where the buying power of private equity plus just the normal buying power from companies that want to get-- it's just a huge amount of competition.
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"If it's a 2% (or) 3% tax, it will in no way inhibit first of all, your buying power, and second of all, the growth of your buying power," Disney claimed.
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The most important premium feature, though, is additional buying power.
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Because all these people are buying power in every community.
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First, U.S. Latino buying power is huge, and rising fast.
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And a cheaper Pound means less buying power for Brits.
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Robinhood is also selling higher-priced subscriptions with more buying power: $4000 for $123/month, $6000 for $30/month, $10,000 for $50/month, and buying power up to $50,000 at a 5% interest rate.
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A weaker dollar also increases the buying power of non-U.
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For buying power, credit cards are a must in your wallet.
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And the strong dollar means more buying power when you land.
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Now the firm is poised to significantly raise its buying power.
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They inflate the cost of goods, which cuts consumers' buying power.
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Its annual report on buying power tracks how much Social Security benefits have been able to buy since 23 and has found that there's been a reduction of 210% in buying power over the past 43 years.
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Teens with an Amazon account are about to acquire some buying power.
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As a whole, their buying power will reach $1.8 trillion by 2020.
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He addedthat Sanders will ultimately bring more buying power to the masses.
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The buying power of the average worker's paycheck is up 22019 percent.
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Asked if his family's buying-power alarms some, Mr Green readily agrees.
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Countervailing buying power is necessary to balance the power of sole suppliers.
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Inflation is when the buying power of a currency falls over time.
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Nor is there any reason not to use our buying power strategically.
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Yet black buying power is expected to hit $1.5 trillion by 2021.
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"Inflation is eroding the buying power of money every day," McBride said.
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Inaction by Congress has shrunk the buying power of the lowest-paid workers.
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They have incredible buying power for shipping customers, and yet they're also unsatisfied.
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The center projects the buying power may increase to $1.7 trillion by 2020.
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Their lower buying power and life stage make them less appealing to brands.
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Virtuoso alone estimates it has $2100 billion a year in collective buying power.
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As of 2016, the Latinx community yielded 1.4 trillion dollars in buying power.
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"With our next purchase, we will have less buying power," Ms. Lasser said.
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With inflation, NASA's buying power would erode, effectively a budget cut each year.
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With that unlimited buying power, there's no reason for the bull to lose.
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As younger people increase their buying power, the market might continue to change.
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This means that in terms of buying power, I&aposm actually losing money.
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There are also signs that the university understands the buying power of students.
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Now, there's an exchange-traded fund looking to capitalize on millennials' emerging buying power.
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That increase in buying power is more than offsetting the impact of higher prices.
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"That's a lot of moves that have a lot of buying power," Santschi said.
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They can do things cheaper, their buying power is better, they have loyal customers.
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Given the decline in its terms of trade, Africa's buying power has gone down.
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The real buying power of their euros can increase enough to more than compensate.
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Anticipating spiraling costs and plummeting buying power, vendors end up charging tomorrow's prices today.
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It would need to be 31 cents a gallon to restore its buying power.
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He then imagines all the buying power he'd have with a 1,000 lire bill.
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"Higher fuel prices could mean more buying power for Middle Eastern customers," he said.
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Wearing a luxury watch has long been an indicator of status and buying power.
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A weaker dollar boosts the buying power of those paying for commodities with other currencies.
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No, you won't lose principal, but you will lose buying power to taxes and inflation.
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We are competing with companies that have better buying power, stronger relationships and more money.
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A softer dollar boosts the buying power of those paying for commodities in other currencies.
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Hart said he saw no signs of a slowdown in consumers' buying power in China.
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Lower mortgage rates give consumers more buying power and tend to push home prices higher.
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The value of $3.35 in 1981 was equal to the buying power of $9.50 today.
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The value of $5.15 in 1997 was equal to the buying power of $8.20 today.
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With an annual supply spend of $2 billion, his buying power is second to none.
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Currently 20 percent of investor assets are in cash, so buying power is currently significant.
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Third, you need to earn a return that preserves the buying power of that money.
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Its images were predictable; its attainment directly proportional to buying power and never fully achieved.
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The parameters of that debate still represent a big leftward shift, with a common thread: a willingness to use the federal government's buying power to demand lower prices, and to move boost that buying power by moving more people into Medicare or something similar.
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A stronger greenback erodes buying power for those paying for dollar-denominated commodities with other currencies.
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Maximize your last day of early-bird buying power and take advantage of the group discount.
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Monique had to present statistics about the U.S. Hispanic market, its buying power and our brand.
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Low prices and concentrated buying power in government programs have pushed redundancy out of the market.
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The combined buying power of U.S. lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adults is nearly $1 trillion.
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Budgets are a challenge and buying power can be questioned, but these are the early adopters.
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"For me, usually my share size is in the range of $100,000 buying power," he said.
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In the art world, the buying power of the Qataris has — until recently — been essentially unmatched.
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A tiny fraction of passive sales would overwhelm the buying power of the remaining active investors.
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The technology itself is costly, especially for small countries that do not have much buying power.
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"I always suggest speaking with a lender who can help determine their buying power," says Vilt.
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With more buying power, candy makers could demand lower prices from traders already operating on thin margins.
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And some simply didn't have the buying power to purchase what advertisers typically sold in other markets.
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We will use financial leverage — some degree of debt, somewhere around 2x the amount in buying power.
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A stronger dollar erodes the buying power for those paying for dollar-denominated commodities with other currencies.
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That cut, coupled with inflation, has reduced the buying power of the maximum benefit by about half.
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Port workers are seeking a 32 percent wage increase as inflation has eaten into consumer buying power.
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Rising prices would gradually eat away at the buying power of a fixed investment in those bonds.
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Much of the decline reflected the reduced buying power of Chinese companies because of slower economic growth.
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The additional loss of jobs and buying power from African Americans could mean further opportunity cost losses.
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Income inequality has skyrocketed since the 1970s, and the buying power of the minimum wage has sunk.
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"That's where households get the wherewithal to improve their lifestyle and have increased buying power," McBride says.
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But here's the rub: Only 3 percent of that buying power is spent at black-owned businesses.
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We offer discounts on these transaction services via the combined buying power of our members in their Circles.
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A dollar a year from now will have less buying power than a dollar today because of inflation.
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During 2018, nominal wages grew 3.3% and 1.3% accounting for inflation, increasing the buying power of American families.
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Equally, employers might use their buying power in the job market to keep wages low and jobs scarce.
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"With inflation at 2 percent, earning anything less than that means you are losing buying power," McBride said.
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The practice developed as a way for physicians to cluster buying power and potentially save on device costs.
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The cosmetics industry has grossly underestimated the buying power of the Black consumer (more on that to come).
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To this complexity, smaller buyers can add the risk inherent in only buying power from a single project.
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I needed a large buying power for them to take me seriously which I eventually got—money talks.
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Reduced prices are given to customers through the consolidation of their buying power across multiple competitive energy markets.
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The government's buying power has also contributed to the backlog of supplies that states and agencies desperately need.
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" Keo adds, "When you first meet a customer, you don't know what kind of buying power they have.
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Democratic supporters contend the change would stimulate the economy by boosting the buying power of working class employees.
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Data from Pew Research center shows that Americans&apos buying power and wages have barely budged since 1978.
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The global consulting firm Accenture projects the buying power of Millennials alone will reach $1.4 trillion in 2020.
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They are impatient with drabness and proud to assert their national identity—not to say their buying power.
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Home prices continue to rise faster than wages and inflation, and higher interest rates have reduced buying power.
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Glickman writes in Buying Power that two-thirds of Americans take part in at least one boycott a year.
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And, if those rates decline below the rate of inflation, savers will lose buying power over time, he said.
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Employing more American workers also gives them more buying power, which is good for the economy as a whole.
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To demonstrate the buying power of its customers, MoviePass recently removed 10 highly-used AMC theaters from its app.
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We examined the top 22 cities against the median renter's house-buying power to provide a more nuanced look.
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Such a deal would have complemented the two chains' customer base and improved their buying power, the sources added.
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Trump has called on having Medicare negotiate directly with drug companies to aggregate buying power and drive down costs.
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Civil war in Syria and plunging oil prices have hurt the confidence and buying power of countries like Kuwait.
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Adolescents had more buying power and greater autonomy, yet their wants and needs remained a mystery to the media.
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Your movie dovetails perfectly with his main messages about Wall Street, buying power, greed, and protecting the little guy.
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $85.70Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power:
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But analysts expect Jet will have the advantage of using Walmart's buying power with vendors to compete on price.
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Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB) is buying power-transmission company Oncor's bankrupt parent, Energy Future Holdings, for $9 billion in cash.
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In fact, the buying power of the federal minimum wage is well below its peak in the late 43s.
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If the virus weakens the country's buying power even more, those goals could move even further out of reach.
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The Forbes ranking of highest-paid YouTubers is a testament to the buying power of YouTube&aposs young audience.
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The massive buying power unleashed during the bull runs that followed those episodes ensured that would also prove true.
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Fiscal stimulus increases buying power, which often translates to increased purchases of foreign goods when a country's currency is stronger.
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Black women are the largest group of entrepreneurs in the country, black buying power is at an all-time high.
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Rising savings rates suggest that consumers have more buying power, while tax cuts have provided an incentive for business investment.
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Figuring out how to monetize these developing countries where buying power is lower will be key to the company's outlook.
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Economic tourism has dropped considerably as it follows the buying power of the ruble, which has dropped in recent years.
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Only a company with Epic's kind of buying power could even hope to crack Steam's effective monopoly on digital sales.
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Based on the buying power of the sales proceeds and the purchase cost, the seller is actually only $6900 ahead.
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Consumers also likely will earn less interest on their savings accounts and, in some cases, lose buying power over time.
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Meanwhile, the real buying power of the minimum wage has been allowed to erode since the 1980s due to inflation.
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African-Americans currently hold a buying power of $1 trillion, a number that's estimated to reach $1.3 trillion by 2017.
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $86.50Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $22,273
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $86.70Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $22,325
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $87Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $22,402
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $87.90Poverty line: $25,100Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $22,634
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $88.20Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $22,711
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $88.90Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $22,891
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $89Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $22,917
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $89.50Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $23,046
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $89.60Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $23,072
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $90Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $23,175
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $90.40Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $23,278
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $90.40Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $23,278
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $91.30Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $23,509
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $92.40Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $23,793
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $92.50Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $23,818
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $93Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $23,947
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $93Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $23,947
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $93.30Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $24,024
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $94.60Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $24,359
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $95.20Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $24,514
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $96.40Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $24,823
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $97.50Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $25,106
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $97.60Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $25,132
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $97.90Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $25,209
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $98.40Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $25,338
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $98.50Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $25,363
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $98.60Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $25,389
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $99.50Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $25,621
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $99.90Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $25,724
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $100.10Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $25,775
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $102.50Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $26,393
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $103.20Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $26,574
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $105.80Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $27,105.80
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $106.40Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $27,398
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $107.90Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $27,784
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $108Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $27,810
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $109.40Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $28,170
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $112.90Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $29,071
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $114.80Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $29,561
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $115.80Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $29,818
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $116.90Poverty line: $25,750Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $30,101
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $104.40Poverty line: $32,190Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $33,606
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When the prices of good and services are rising faster than nominal wages, people end up with less buying power.
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And there's been an undeniable drop in the buying power not just of the workers, but of the middle class.
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A: I would start putting more economic buying power into people's hands so that we have a trickle-up economy.
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Over the same time period, the buying power of the broader US population grew at less than half that rate.
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The firm pointed to a chart comparing the Chinese yuan to Tiffany's sales in the U.S., saying the "devaluation of Chinese currencies could impact the buying power of Chinese tourists in the U.S." Put simply, Chinese tourists will have less buying power at Tiffany's stores as their yuan holdings are converted into fewer U.S. dollars.
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"It is better to invest in productivity than to not invest in productivity, because otherwise your money will lose buying power."
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But Gruvi overestimated its ability to sell directly to cannabis consumers and underestimated the buying power of the traditional beer consumer.
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The millennial generation has tremendous buying power, and will soon become the industry's primary customer, whether in consumer or commercial lines.
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Investors, most of them domestic, are moving money out of the country before the buying power of the renminbi slides further.
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As their buying power grows, athletes would be wise to follow Curry's lead and push for similar commitments from brand partners.
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SoftBank, a Japanese investor, has funded a slew of start-ups premised on the potential buying power of India's middle class.
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Take Walmart, which wants to stop buying power from utilities in Virginia, both to lower costs and boost its renewable portfolio.
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Millennials in particular love the subscription model, something that retailers are taking note of as the demographic grows in buying power.
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Today Russian buyers are rare, in the wake of a steep decline in the buying power of the ruble, agents say.
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Finally, use your buying power to support companies that are doing the right thing, and tell us about it with #SustainCoffee.
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In a recent Instagram post, "Jane the Virgin" star Gina Rodriguez implored the Latino community to show Hollywood their buying power.
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So the new fund would have the buying power of about 10 percent of the total current global mutual fund market.
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In addition, states are leveraging their Medicaid programs' buying power by placing spending caps and new payment rules on drug purchases.
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That $21951,210 from June of 953 when Buffett graduated has the buying power of $295,22001 in today's dollars, accounting for inflation.
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And wages are under more pressure than prices, so buying power for most Japanese has declined compared with a generation ago.
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The gap reduces the buying power of black families and prevents investment in the housing and equities markets, according to McKinsey.
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It superseded checks for most purposes and put our buying power inside of a tiny card that fits in a wallet.
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They're also the generation with up to $143 billion in buying power, according to a 2018 report by ad agency Barkley.
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Investors were moving their money out of China then for fear that it would otherwise have less buying power in dollars.
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The vote means that the American dollar has way more buying power in Europe than it did only three days ago.
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Their job is to aggregate the collective buying power of plan enrollees in order to obtain lower prices for prescription drugs.
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Hourly earnings have moved forward at a crawl, with higher prices giving workers less buying power than they had last summer.
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Ms. Dutschke notes that older people are often misrepresented in public policy debates because of their reduced buying power and influence.
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A weakening yuan could also crimp the buying power of mainland Chinese, who are the major buyers of Hong Kong properties.
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A 2016 survey from Witeck Communications, a marketing firm that specializes in the community, put L.G.B.T. buying power at $917 billion.
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But savers are also likely earning less interest on their savings accounts and, in some cases, losing buying power over time.
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Overall, the buying power of Social Security benefits has been going down as other expenses go up, the group's research shows.
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"Their buying power is undeniable, as is their influence on everything from fashion and food to music and entertainment," Cornell said.
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It's obvious that the company sees a huge opportunity here and it has used its buying power to get in the game.
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In Sweden Google is buying power from a 22-turbine project near Mariestad, central Sweden, which will be completed by early 2018.
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It would take about $20203 in 2019 to equal the buying power of $7.25 in 2009, according to one government inflation calculator.
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Laughing at someone who has terrible taste, even if they happen to have vast buying power, is a kind of class catharsis.
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"Finding yields of 2.25 is enough to maintain your buying power and be best positioned for further increases in rates," McBride said.
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Kangpe – Health insurance for Africa Costly, unnecessary hospital visits drive up insurance premiums beyond the buying power of most people in Africa.
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Despite the early interest, contributions, and buying power of women in the auto industry, male-dominated manufacturers laid full claim to cars.
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Specifically, even though a joint account amplifies your collective buying power, it isn't all discretionary income that can be spent like mad.
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But big companies have big buying power with their suppliers and big efficiencies to exploit, so the prices are still pretty reasonable.
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Since the federal minimum wage is not fixed to inflation, the buying power of a minimum wage paycheck has been dramatically falling.
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The idea is the government would be able to assert its vast buying power to push for lower prices for Medicare recipients.
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China still needs Japanese and other advanced economies' knowhow to complete its modernization and Indian buying power to absorb its excess goods.
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Don't ignore Snapchat Gen Z, the Snapchat Generation, is finally entering the workforce and represents up to $143 billion in buying power.
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What's worse, Social Security benefits have lost one-third of their buying power since 2000, according to The Senior Citizens League's calculations.
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Berkshire Hathaway – Billionaire Warren Buffett's firm is buying power-transmission company Oncor's bankrupt parent, Energy Future Holdings, for $9 billion in cash.
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Latinos possess $1.3 trillion in buying power, meaning that they are focusing in the economy just like the immigrants in the 1800s.
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In the roughly 25 years since the last hike, inflation has whittled down the buying power of dollars raised through the tax.
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When he did that, he kicked off reforms called Better Buying Power and wants to continue with them, even ramping them up.
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ArtCondo gathers creative people together to form buying groups to leverage their collective buying power and cultural capital to purchase space collectively.
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It would take about $10,742 in September 2018 to match the buying power of $1,000 in January of 1950, according to the calculator.
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We then use the renter's house-buying power to see what share of the homes for sale the renter could afford to buy.
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Ancillary services are one thing, arbitrage — buying power when it's cheap, selling it back to the grid when its more valuable — is another.
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We're going to unleash the great power, the great buying power of our great companies, and they are going to put money in.
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"If fully implemented, it could be a total game changer that could transform the marketplace given the company's massive buying power," Halloran said.
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The biggest deals include PGE buying power and heating assets from France's EDF and Enea taking over the Polaniec power plant from Engie.
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Amazon has the scale and buying power to push those changes faster — and has been, since it helps its bottom line, as well.
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"We expect that Tesco has lost a lot of its buying power and position over recent years due to mismanagement," HSBC analysts said.
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The boost that Social Security benefits see in 2019 will not make up for the buying power benefits have lost over the years.
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Costs are lowest for the largest plans that have buying power with service providers and can spread costs over larger numbers of participants.
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A weaker euro versus the dollar erodes the buying power of euro zone investors for gold, which is priced in the U.S. currency.
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According to Nielsen, African-Americans currently hold a buying power of $1 trillion, a number that's estimated to reach $1.3 trillion by 2017.
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He orchestrated a reduction of electricity for Gaza and slashed salaries of 60,000 Palestinian Authority employees there by 30 percent, weakening buying power.
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Costco and Target are able to use their vast size and buying power to keep prices down on a broad variety of merchandise.
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"People who recently retired might have seen only a [small] decrease in buying power," said Mary Johnson, a policy analyst for the league.
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By allowing Medicare to directly negotiate with manufacturers, we can leverage the federal government's buying power and cut costs for taxpayers and beneficiaries.
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He orchestrated a reduction of power for Gaza and slashed salaries of 60,000 Palestinian Authority employees there by 30 percent, weakening buying power.
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So, too, are the buying power of the player's current club, and the cost of his peers and, adjusting for inflation, his predecessors.
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For over two decades, it has raised revenue effectively to fund airport improvements, although inflation has now eroded its buying power by half.
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Not everyone can apply to be CEO, but we can all use our buying power to support corporations that are reaching toward equity.
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Still, "most savings is sitting in a bank paying 24.34%, and that's losing buying power," said Greg McBride, chief financial analyst at Bankrate.com.
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Drift savings come from buying power through its independent network and selling it to the grid at prices more competitive than "peaker" prices.
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"If you are letting your money sit in a savings account at 0%, you have been losing buying power for years," McBride said.
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Centrica first announced its intention to exit windpower generation in 2015, but it said it would continue buying power from renewable energy sources.
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By coming together in an association health plan, these small businesses now have the same buying power and negotiation advantages of large employers.
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"The strength of AHIP was that it represented the buying power and the delivery force in health care," a health-care lobbyist said.
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On the flip side, consumers likely will earn less interest on their savings accounts, and in some cases, lose buying power over time.
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But for those who held onto a job, a sharp drop in the inflation rate gave them a little-noticed boost in buying power.
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"In this conflict, the unity, solidarity and struggle of all SOMU workers to readjust our buying power against inflation was fundamental," SOMU officials said.
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The Senior Citizens League, a nonpartisan group advocating for seniors, on Tuesday released its latest report on the buying power of Social Security benefits.
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So as young people's influence and buying power grows in the future, there is reason to believe the sustainable fashion industry will as well.
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It said it also needed to investigate whether a combination of Britain's second and third biggest supermarkets would have increased buying power over suppliers.
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For example, our buying power is so high, [if] we mobilized and [didn't] spend money somewhere, it could just fuck their whole business up.
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As a result, the authors argue, buying power for the country's poorest residents has dropped further than the 1 percent suggested by official statistics.
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Robinhood Gold charges $40 a month for $8,43 in buying power, or $50 for $12,000, regardless of whether the investor uses the full amount.
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While many senior citizens live in loneliness and poverty, baby boomers also wield substantial buying power, bolstered by home ownership, savings and social protection.
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So a big, funding boost for someone like Biden, whose campaign seemed to be spiraling downward, means more than just increased ad-buying power.
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Higher mortgage rates, combined with the loss of homeowner tax breaks in some of the nation's most expensive markets, are taking away buying power.
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"It's reasonable to expect your buying power to double every 10 years if you are willing to educate yourself," he told the Giants rookies.
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At the same time, the strong dollar, which has been hovering at near parity with the euro, means more buying power when you land.
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Aside from managing expenses, retirees have several options to maintain their buying power in retirement, including turning to their homes as a source of income.
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"If you're not keeping pace with inflation, you are losing buying power; over time, that's just as damaging as a loss of principal," McBride said.
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That has hit French consumers, with their buying power falling by 0.6 percent in the first quarter, according to INSEE data released earlier this month.
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Simply consider the lack of coverage, where vast rural areas are still under-serviced, or the inadequate pricing offers, given the continent's weak buying power.
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The scale of the current wave of IPOs, although it is exceedingly large, is not very different from Facebook's in terms of home-buying power.
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Even without the capital needed to pay someone for renovations, tenants have collective buying power and pooled labor, a benefit of living with a group.
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Prospective buyers may need to qualify for the property on their income alone, which can limit a beginner's buying power in some markets, Haynie said.
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Lower rates expand buying power and create a sense of urgency especially as would-be buyers get the message that rates will never be lower.
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The Kantar research estimated LGBT buying power in the United States alone at $1 trillion in 2016 – almost equal to African-American or Hispanic consumers.
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Social Security benefits have lost 34 percent of their buying power since 2000, according to a study released by the Senior Citizens League in June.
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Switching to the Deutsche mark would be deflationary for Germany, more reason to set the exchange rate low and give German consumers more buying power.
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Taking inflation into account, however, reveals that $2202 spent to buy the stock had the same buying power 2628 years ago as $28500 has today.
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In part that is thanks to the buying power of older fans, a demographic that has often been overlooked in the concert industry's festival boom.
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While the traditional online brokerages charge interest on a specific loan amount, Robinhood Gold's flat monthly fee covers how much "buying power" a customer requests.
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"The big consultancies have been built by men," she added, noting that women represent an estimated 85% of the buying power in the modern economy.
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"Our contribution to any growth plan is to protect the buying power of the currency, which means we must bring down inflation," the governor said.
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Because it's not pegged to inflation, the buying power of a minimum wage paycheck has been falling for the last 50 years, despite periodic increases.
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Because Latin American YouTube viewers are seen as having less buying power than American and European audiences, makers get far fewer ad dollars per view.
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I fly to California and source flower from growers and with my large buying power, I'm able to negotiate prices to get the best deal.
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Based on this buying power, we then calculated how much a family of four actually to needs to make to be at the poverty line.
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Below, see what's considered "poor" in every state, ranked from lowest to highest salary needed to be at the poverty line based on buying power.
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He summed up his swaggering approach to buying power and influence in a 2014 email to a friend: "I play the game well," he wrote.
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"Online savings accounts have the best returns, so you can preserve the buying power of that money," said Greg McBride, chief financial analyst at Bankrate.
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The latest capital raise, in addition to a debt facility already in place with BlackRock, gives WHP Global north of $1 billion in buying power.
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"The buying power of your investments is going to get eaten away by inflation by about 2 percent to 3 percent per year," McBride says.
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"The buying power of your investments is going to get eaten away by inflation by about 2 percent to 3 percent per year," he adds.
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It has helped fuel spiraling inflation and erode buying power, putting one in three people in poverty, the highest level in close to a decade.
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It makes shopping for clothes as a plus size woman a harrowing experience, even as the collective market represents over $20 billion in buying power.
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"The buying power is there," said Kutlwano Pitso, Moja Cafe's owner, who said his richest clients regularly rack up drink bills of more than $650.
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These include the Church of England's procurement group, Parish Buying, which uses the Church's bulk-buying power to get competitive rates for gas and electricity.
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One marker of the problem: By CAP's owns estimates, the agency could have saved $22019 million in 2016 by buying power through the market instead.
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Although worldwide remittances dropped in 28503 for the first time since the Great Recession, transfers to Mexico are again growing in amount and buying power.
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You would think that Trump would know our buying power by now and recognize our contribution to the economy, but he chooses to be disrespectful.
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Now, some might Lambolast the idea of getting a vehicle for the price of a house, most don`t have the buying power for that horsepower.
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Cardholders also get expanded buying power, meaning you can spend beyond your credit limit without being penalized as long as you pay your bill on time.
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A pre-approved loan check can mean you'll get a lower interest rate, pay less over time and walk into the dealership with more buying power.
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Initially, Evans' funded his trading account with 50,000 AUD, but soon cut his capital down to 20,000 AUD and employed leverage to exacerbate his buying power.
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By buying or selling on margin, traders can increase their leverage and buying power, potentially generating profits beyond what their own cash balance would have supported.
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The median renter, with an income of $43,643 and house-buying power of $265,23, could afford 87 percent of the homes sold in the Motor City.
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With less buying power (the exchange rate for the dollar on the free market is 145,1.23 rials), Iranians are finding they can't stretch their paychecks anymore.
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Both the Obama and Trump administrations have proposed having the government use its massive buying power to directly negotiate lower drug prices with the pharmaceutical industry.
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Google said on Tuesday that the Finnish deal is the first where it is buying power from European projects that will not receive any government subsidies.
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LinkedIn states its audience has double the amount of buying power as the average web audience, presumably given the white-collar professionals that use the service.
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For example, a couple earning $50,85033 a year and collecting $40,000 a year in benefits, would see a rise in buying power of nearly 30 percent.
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The leagues report on the buying power of seniors looks at a market basket of goods, including prescription drugs, housing, health insurance, food and various taxes.
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"As media touch points increase and buying power remains strong, marketers will have more and more compelling reasons to boomerang back to boomers," Mr. Nguyen said.
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"If you cut rates too far, then we go back to a situation where savers are being punished through a loss of buying power," he said.
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But the big idea Trump is touting is that he could get states to kick in enough money to give the vouchers some real buying power.
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What they're saying: "Carmakers that have chosen to be on the wrong side of history will be on the losing end of California's buying power," Gov.
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Early in our history, we owned and operated our own power plants, but, over decades, we have shifted to buying power from the commercial power grid.
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When we got rid of that form and went to be like a regular corporation, all of a sudden, we had three times the buying power.
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Retaliatory tariffs, which are sure to be in the offing, would drive up consumer prices, churning up inflation and leaving U.S. consumers with diminished buying power.
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The elder millennials are now entering their 40s, and investors haven&apost fully written off the buying power that helped spur startups like Uber and Airbnb.
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Left unadjusted for 22024 years, the current minimum wage of $22017-an-hour has 24% less buying power than when the wage floor was $4.33 in 24.3.
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If you had stuffed $1,000 in cash under your mattress 50 years ago, today it would have the same buying power as only $2003 did in 1968.
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If you had stuffed $7603,2760 in cash under your mattress 2780 years ago, today it would have the same buying power as only $2800 did in 1968.
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If adjusted for inflation, $300 in 1983 has the equivalent buying power as about $765 in today's money — that's like an hourly rate of close to $100.
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Move that same renter with the same income and house-buying power to San Francisco, and the renter could afford less than 1 percent of homes sold.
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If you had stuffed $1,000 in cash under your mattress 50 years ago, today it would have the same buying power as only $137.45 did in 1968.
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"I don't like the turning of our politicians towards the East, that Chinese money is buying power and influence here," said 20-year old student Jan Deutsch.
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The government, however, does not leverage its immense buying power, with agencies holding duplicative and inefficient contracts instead of acting as a single enterprise when making purchases.
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"I want this movie to be the one that puts Hollywood executives on notice that they can no longer ignore the buying power of women," Zehner wrote.
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Johnson estimates that the COLA for 2019 will be at least 3.3 percent, which could help mute some of the loss of buying power year over year.
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In 1938, the Andersons and 21 other Seattle-based outdoorspeople officially formed the co-op to increase group buying power and lower the overhead of distributing products.
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Already there are some moves towards this end, with utilities in Japan banding together to pool their buying power and seek more flexible and shorter-term deals.
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"It's a really good opportunity for them to reach that younger generation of consumers that are going to have the buying power in the very near future."
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The battery starts at approximately $7,000 and with an expected lifetime of 20 years, Ostermann says people can save money compared to buying power from the grid.
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Much like large corporations are able to secure travel discounts for their employees, these groups tend to negotiate discounted rates with travel companies through their buying power.
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He did not speak Spanish but understood that Univision had the ability to capitalize on the growth of Hispanic viewership and buying power in the United States.
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Investors in financial assets like stocks and bonds are always worried about inflation, because it erodes the buying power of whatever money they make on those investments.
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We sat down with Susan Lyne to discuss the evolution of the tech industry, a woman's buying power, and the challenges women face when pitching male investors.
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When margin debt has been low it's been a terrific sign that potential demand, or buying power, for stocks is great and investors should be more greedy.
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Another big push on prices came from computer games and equipment, which are typically imported and therefore reflect the diminished buying power of sterling since the Brexit vote.
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Meanwhile, rising inflation drives investor interest in gold, which is often viewed as a "store of value" that maintains its buying power in the face of rising prices.
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Meanwhile, clean activities like buying power from solar panels or wind turbines, or driving an electric car, say, would save consumers money, since nonpolluting activities wouldn't be taxed.
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The weak peso has already pushed up the inflation rate (though it has also boosted the buying power of dollar remittances from Mexicans living in the United States).
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But in cities like Lagos, Nigeria, and Nairobi, Kenya, $2 has the buying power of roughly $40, making such "micro" loans useful when you're running a small business.
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Emerging economies do this to keep capital from flowing out with the thought that at least the buying power of their currency will be preserved or even appreciate.
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But the so-called incumbents have regained some ground as consumers focus on network quality and as they exploit their buying power with equipment suppliers and media companies.
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When taking buying power into account, however, the US does have a slightly better wage compared to countries with higher costs of living, such as Australia and France.
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Despite these users being on slow connections, old smartphones or even feature phones, and not having much buying power, Facebook is convincing advertisers to pay to reach them.
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India's auto sector has gone into a tailspin this year as tight liquidity at shadow banks, high taxes and a weak rural economy have sapped consumers' buying power.
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Udelv said the collaboration between the two companies will serve to fast-track Udelv's expansion, leveraging the buying power and various other internal resources of the Marubeni Corporation.
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The confusion means that the UK will not benefit from the collective buying power of a 28-country bloc, which could have the effect of reducing prices significantly.
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Part of that entails a 2 percent inflation rate that officials believe promotes a healthy level of growth but not so much that buying power is sapped significantly.
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That reserve of buying power, be it retail or institutional, has cushioned stock market drops in the past, and optimists are hoping that it will do so again.
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Putting that in perspective, total consumer spending, at roughly 67% of GDP, represents $13.3 trillion of buying power, so $120 billion is almost 1% of Americans' spending budget.
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Agents say this volume gives them buying power and access to discounts and perks travelers won't find on their own at cruise line websites or online travel agencies.
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L'Oreal's SVP of Strategic Investments and Creative Solutions Nadine McHugh says she is committed to using the buying power of the company's media investments to accurately portray women.
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The buying power of Chinese consumers has also taken a hit, and big ticket items like cars are among the first things people avoid when budgets are tight.
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"NEOLIBERAL PARADIGM" But the reforms cut deeply into the buying power of ordinary people and public opinion is divided in Poland over Balcerowicz and the polices he introduced.
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While it still has a diverse audience, that presence among older potential customers with more buying power is going to be critical for the company as it goes forward.
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It said that the growing buying power of wealthy Asian women is driven by factors including more of them in senior management positions and more self-made female millionaires.
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In a demonstration of their buying power, Chinese shopping portal JD.com sold 57 million cherries to Chinese consumers in one day during a shopping event in June last year.
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"The community would collapse - then the land would fall into the hands of people who have buying power, the investors," he said, after meeting government officials in early July.
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It feels a little gross to prove our buying power or spending value when a disproportionate number of LGBT community members, particularly in the trans community, lives in poverty.
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It is that post-millennial Faustian bargain in which we ended up sacrificing our buying power as consumers and ushering in a new kind of power for industry players.
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Data from the Shanghai Stock Exchange showed margin loans turbocharged trading on Monday, with investors borrowing a total of 1.51 billion yuan ($219.38 million) to boost their buying power.
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"Even though home prices are rising faster than incomes, national buying power has increased by 6% because of better interest rates," said Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the Realtors.
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In some parts of the U.S. (and the world for that matter), the cost of solar is now equal to or less than buying power from the electrical grid.
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Based on those comparisons, the research found a 20.3 percent loss in Social Security buying power from January 22017 to January 23 and a 22 percent decrease since 22019.
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Critics of that prohibition contend it prevents Medicare from tapping its bulk-buying power to lower drug costs for seniors — a ban that would be eliminated under Welch's bill.
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We then figured out how much different products — from Sharpies to New Balance shoes — cost in 2019 to put into perspective the buying power of $10 in past years.
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The buying power of Chinese consumers has also taken a hit as housing and pork prices rise, which could dampen spending on cars, luxury goods and high-end smartphones.
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Our reporter broke the news that the state planned to wield its buying power, about $70 million, to force gun companies and financial institutions to adopt gun control policies.
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California's eco-friendly culture deserves tremendous credit for this, but it's the state's strong economy and colossal buying power that silence critics who argue green laws are bad for business.
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These groups not only use collective buying power to negotiate for bulk discounts, but also act as EV evangelists—"electronauts," colloquially—working to promote adoption, educate consumers, and explain incentives.
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Its buying power means it can pay less than £10 ($12.50) for a year's supply of the pill and just £18 for an IUD that prevents pregnancy for five years.
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Size is an advantage, he said: More transactions means more data to help Opendoor price its offers more accurately, as well as more buying power with local suppliers for renovations.
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Gary Burtless of the Brookings Institution has shown that when lower taxes and higher benefits are factored in, middle-class buying power has risen 36 percent in the current generation.
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On a wide range of drugs, compared to the market, the VA pharmacy program has leveraged its buying power to negotiate much lower prices for more than 2628 million veterans.
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If we factored inflation into our estimates as well, median family net wealth could hit $1 million sooner, but would represent less actual buying power than $1 million would today.
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The source described the planned deal — which would consolidate a brutally competitive UK food market while helping Walmart address its underperforming UK arm through greater buying power — as a "merger".
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If Harry Potter revealed a vast market hungry for children's literature and Twilight extended the market to young adult books, The Hunger Games cemented the buying power of that market.
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If inflation is low, that means bonds don't have to pay much of a premium above inflation in order to compensate investors with the buying power from interest rate payments.
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Since that wage is not adjusted for inflation, its buying power has been steadily falling for decades, making it well below a living wage in most parts of the country.
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Size is an advantage, he said: More transactions mean more data to help Opendoor price its offers more accurately, as well as more buying power with local suppliers for renovations.
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And in the United States, the Good Food Purchasing Program has developed a system that helps cities and large institutions direct their buying power to locally and sustainably grown food.
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Since 22000, the buying power of monthly benefits has fallen by 22010 percent, according to a recent report from the Senior Citizens League, an advocacy group based in Alexandria, Virginia.
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"Carmakers that have chosen to be on the wrong side of history will be on the losing end of California's buying power," Governor Newsom said in a statement on Monday.
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Western brands and retailers have recognized this extreme buying power and hopped on the deals and discounts bandwagon in an effort to reap sales from American and Chinese customers alike.
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"You can literally have a lot of buying power for the dollar in Southern Nevada versus Southern California," said Christopher Bishop, president of the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors.
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"To have enough energy to push through that barrier would mean there's a lot of buying power in the system," said Brad McMillan, Chief Investment Officer for Commonwealth Financial Network.
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Hispanic people overall accounted for $1.5 trillion, or 10.4% of total US buying power in 2018, according to the Selig Center at the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business.
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If Aina doesn't like it, there's a chance other women of color who have been consistently looked over in the beauty industry — despite their growing buying power — won't like it either.
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"[Consumer activism is] either grassroots collective organization of consumption or its withdrawal," explains Lawrence Glickman, an American historian at Cornell University and author of Buying Power: A History of Consumer Activism.
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The median renter in San Francisco, with an income of $65,764 and a house-buying power of approximately $400,000, could only afford 2 percent of the homes sold in the city.
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The buying power of the LGBT+ community is $917 billion, yet there is still a lack of queer representation in fashion, as well as a dearth of trans and genderless clothing.
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"The notable exception is rapid growth among younger buyers who have entered the market and are exercising their buying power by spending on the poster cars of their youth," Hagerty said.
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Buffett hinted on Monday that he was seeing some competition for acquisitions from private equity, who have a tremendous amount of buying power these days when they use leverage, he noted.
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"A rise in inflation in Germany and the resultant intensified concerns over income buying power have obviously hindered full recovery of consumer sentiment," GfK researcher Rolf Buerkl said in a statement.
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The firm raised and started investing money beginning in 2013 when oil was trading at around $90 a barrel and added $1.3 billion of borrowed money to boost its buying power.
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With data on its customers' buying power, hobbies and travel preferences, Ctrip is able to offer tailor-made offerings to individual travelers rather than providing a single "standard package," she said.
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"Car makers that have chosen to be on the wrong side of history will be on the losing end of Californias buying power," California Governor Gavin Newsom said in a statement.
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The extent of the diminished buying power of basic goods and services has driven the already marginalized poor to their breaking point, leading to an escalation of the violence described earlier.
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Yang told CNBC's Deirdre Bosa that he "would start putting more economic buying power into people's hands so that we have a trickle-up economy" in the event of a recession.
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It is obliged by its charter to provide reliable, low-cost electricity to everyone, which in its eyes involves buying power from the bulk power system and delivering it to customers.
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"Car makers that have chosen to be on the wrong side of history will be on the losing end of California's buying power," said California Governor Gavin Newsom in a statement.
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Mr. Dixon said the Chinese were still spending freely, while visitors from Europe were cutting back as the dollar strengthened and reduced the buying power of the euro and other currencies.
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"Financial markets shudder at the thought of higher inflation, simply because from an investment standpoint, inflation erodes the buying power of future earnings," said Greg McBride, chief financial analyst at Bankrate.com.
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Legal and academic experts said that major investments by Fidelity mutual funds - with their market-moving buying power - could be seen as propping up the values of the Johnsons' venture holdings.
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The majestic bald eagle, mainstay of American buying power, landmarks, and bro-y tank tops, get an Independence Day breather in these star-spangled GIFs from the denizens of the internet.
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For example, it would take saving over $1,495 in September 2018 (the latest data available) to match the buying power of $1,5003 in January of 2000, according to the BLS' Inflation Calculator.
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Sainsbury's, which is due to publish full-year results on Wednesday, wanted to buy Asda to boost its scale and buying power so it could compete better with Tesco and the discounters.
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Continuously high raw material prices for Norwegian salmon and prawns, combined with unfavourable FX variations and strong buying power from highly concentrated food retailers should continue to exert pressure on gross margin.
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The group reiterated a target to achieve 2.5 billion pounds of incremental revenue growth from Booker by 2022 as it leverages the combined group's buying power and adds new products and services.
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Through New York City-based Morty, the trio and their team have launched a tool that allows homebuyers to understand exactly what their buying power is and which homes they can afford.
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They hope their combined buying power would help them better compete with fast-growing discounters Aldi and Lidl, an enlarged Tesco after its purchase of wholesaler Booker and online retailers like Amazon.
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"We tried to diversify our customers to Southeast Asia and other places since the THAAD crisis, but their buying power falls far short of the Chinese," said a Lotte Duty Free official.
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Consumers can direct their buying power to responsible retailers such as Dick's Sporting Goods, which stopped selling assault weapons after the Parkland shooting and is lobbying for measures to reduce gun violence.
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For years, Venezuela operations generated major revenue for Fortune 500 companies because high oil prices allowed the government to sell subsidized dollars through its exchange control system, boosting companies' local buying power.
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It is also true that inflation is starting to edge up, which means that in terms of buying power wages aren't really rising any faster than they were a few months ago.
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The only necessary conditions, he said, were the buying power of major brands, which exert enormous leverage over suppliers, and worker participation, to define the needed rights and to help ensure compliance.
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As Gaza's buying power plummets, imports through Kerem Shalom are falling — from a monthly average of 2000,20143 truckloads last year to just 22014,2100 in January — which will only cut Hamas's revenue more.
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Those less worried about a growing deficit could argue that reparations would be a boon over the long run — lifting people out of poverty, and improving their earning potential and buying power.
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The largest oil firms can also take advantage of their volume-buying power even if service companies raise prices for supplies or drilling and fracking crews, said Andrew Dittmar, a Drillinginfo analyst.
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Think of it this way: The amount of money you receive from a bond at maturity will have less buying power in 10 or 20 years than it does now, due to inflation.
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But the person showing apartments just assumed that because she was young she didn't have the buying power to afford an expensive apartment — and they didn't have any data to back that up.
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They hoped their combined buying power would enable them to better compete with fast-growing discounters Aldi and Lidl, an enlarged Tesco after its purchase of wholesaler Booker and online retailers like Amazon.
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After its 2012 IPO, Facebook was valued at $104 billion — but because Bay Area housing prices have roughly doubled since, that's equivalent to the same home-buying power as $200 billion-plus today.
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But at least one major advertising group, representing close to a trillion dollars worth of buying power a year, has started to formulate plans to get tech companies to clean up their mess.
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Sainsbury's wanted to buy Walmart owned Asda to boost its scale and buying power, as well as to compete better with market leader Tesco and fast growing German-owned discounters Aldi and Lidl.
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Economic expansions are frequently a trigger for inflation — but if the sustained increase in prices goes out of hand, it could erode buying power and hit confidence in a way that hurt growth.
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For example, give the federal government — which has vast buying power — the right to negotiate prescription drug prices with pharmaceutical companies, an option denied to Washington since George W. Bush's prescription drug plan.
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There are only so many people willing to shell out a lot of money for a smartphone, especially upfront, and only so many markets with that kind of buying power to expand into.
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Such price increases can erode some of the buying power that workers gain as their wages climb, though research suggests that effect is not big enough to offset the benefits of higher pay.
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When even chicken farmers say that the system has failed, it's time for consumers to use their buying power to push for food that causes less harm to everyone, human and bird alike.
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It will have about 24 billion euros worth of buying power, since the U.S. private equity group often uses as much as 70 percent leverage when it buys property, according to the person.
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"The balance of power is now with firms like BlackRock because they have the 'bid,'" said Mr. Perrotta of Tabb, using Wall Street argot to describe the buying power of large asset managers.
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First, let's use the combined buying power of more than 100 million Medicare and Medicaid health consumers to negotiate reasonable health service fees for all Americans, including uninsured, underinsured and fully insured individuals.
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A sinking nationwide unemployment rate masks many of the struggles workers face: Hourly earnings have moved forward at a crawl, with higher prices giving workers less buying power than they had last summer.
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As a presidential candidate, he broke with his party and said the federal government should use its buying power to negotiate lower drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries — an idea long favored by Democrats.
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And then after I'm president in 2021, and Congress says let's pass the Freedom Dividend, then the following year they're getting an additional $10 million a month in buying power in that community.
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By the end of the decade, it could lose almost all its load, with the only communities left buying power directly from them the ones too poor or scattered to form a CCA.
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As the station's low-key "morning mayor," Mr. Anderson had a mandate: to appeal to adults whose buying power was critical to advertisers, more than to the teenagers who were already tuning in.
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Sainsbury's had wanted to combine with Asda to boost its scale and buying power so it could better compete with Tesco, the march of fast growing German-owned discounters Aldi and Lidl, and Amazon.
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It also likely doesn't help that a huge portion of the company's customers are a younger audience, which may be more fickle or not have the buying power of an older set of customers.
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These projects include an Iowa solar project and buying power from the Capricorn Ridge, an existing wind farm in Texas, in order to "green our fleet in Austin, Dallas and San Antonio," Lime said.
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Through a "Home Financing Score," the platform visually breaks down the factors that can lead to approval or rejection of a mortgage application, allowing users to optimize their finances to maximize their buying power.
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"The push for plant-based meats is growing, with Millennials leading the charge and backing up their desire to support ethical companies with a whopping $200 billion in annual buying power," the petition reads.
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More affluent users with more buying power in markets like the US, UK, and Canada command higher ad prices, effectively subsidizing the social network for those in developing nations where ad rates are lower.
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) - China's imports of refined copper in April slid by 41 percent from a year ago, trade data showed on Tuesday, as traders found their buying power crimped by tighter access to credit.
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The LGBT community in the U.S. has buying power estimated at nearly $1 trillion, according to Bloomberg, which underscores the economic benefits for sports leagues to gain support from business owners of that population.
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Student loan debt is weighing down millions of young families, effectively locking out their buying power to purchase their first home, the most common way in which Americans have grown wealth in previous eras.
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Since 22010, the buying power of monthly benefits has fallen by more than a third, according to an annual report released Thursday by the Senior Citizens League, an advocacy group based in Alexandria, Virginia.
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The pair had wanted to combine to boost scale and buying power to better compete with market leader Tesco and counter the march of fast growing German-owned discounters Aldi and Lidl, and Amazon.
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The cost savings come from eliminating public company administration at B/E Aerospace, greater buying power with suppliers, consolidating information technology system and using low-cost factory labor across the combined company, Ortberg said.
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If the hedge fund community closes 5% to 10% of its estimated shorts and increases its long side by a similar degree, this would translate into more than $150 billion of incremental buying power.
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This lack of buying power contributed to a drop in imports through the one remaining commercial crossing with Israel, with just 350 truckloads per day compared with 800 in the last quarter of 2017.
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In the last two years, as the jobless rate has fallen to half the Great Recession peak, wages measured based on their real buying power have recovered to levels not seen since the Carter administration.
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Like most news cycle-hogging Trump tweets, Omar's confused a very real policy dynamic for a purely transactional idea about money buying power, rooted in some very ugly racial "tropes," as we now call them.
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Amazon is evidently in the process of monopolizing the e-commerce distribution market, with its 80 million Amazon Prime subscribers in the US representing a more than 80% share of online e-commerce buying power.
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"If fully implemented, (the plans) could be a total game changer that could transform the marketplace given the company's massive buying power," Jean Halloran, Consumers Union's director of food policy initiatives, said in a statement.
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A renter's house-buying power is based on the prevailing 210-year, fixed mortgage rate, and assumes a 5 percent down payment, and that one-third of pre-tax income is used for the mortgage.
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Still, the CEO made clear that he's not going to shy away from China given the buying power of its growing middle class, which some estimates project will grow to 500 million people by 2025.
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Asda is increasing its investment to lower prices to compete with Aldi and has joined Europe's leading buying group to pool the collective buying power of 250 supermarket chains so it can realize the savings.
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Low unemployment, plus job creation through the TCJA, presents a ripe opportunity to give these Americans steady jobs, more buying power, and a decrease in their reliance on the government, in turn, decreasing government spending.
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Dealmaking has stagnated in the last few months despite the quickest start to a year since 2010, record levels of capital at private equity funds and companies flush with buying power from high stock prices.
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In addition to diminished buying power, business has been freed up and government has codified cost shifting for healthcare, education and financial safety nets and removed vacation days, sickness pay, maternity leave and job protection.
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To better understand what it means to be "poor" in each state, we calculated the income it takes to be at the poverty level in every state based on buying power, or regional price parities.
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" The opposition Popular Front, a coalition of leftist parties, mocked the measures in a statement on Sunday and called for protests "until suspension of the measures in the finance law that affect citizens' buying power.
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It can help those who are short on down payment funds increase their buying power, though it may also work for people who simply do not want to sink every last dime into their homes.
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The Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, which House Democrats plan to pass Thursday, would use the government's buying power to cut the cost of medicines for Medicare and private health insurance plans.
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The Hopi tribe, the coal miners union and coal mining company Peabody Energy Corp last month sued CAP - the biggest energy user in the area - to force it to keep buying power from the NGS.
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Using data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis as well as salary data from 9953,000 online submissions, Indeed ranked the top 104 largest metro areas according to the buying power your salary gives you.
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As of 2006, Somalis in Minnesota owned 600 businesses and had $164 million in buying power, according to a report by the American Immigration Council, and those numbers have certainly increased in the subsequent decade.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Many of the stocks that have gotten off most lightly during the waves of selling on Wall Street this week are those standing to benefit from consumers with more buying power, like Amazon.
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"While this will certainly impact buying power and housing demand as we enter the spring homebuying season, it's also had a massive impact on refinance incentive almost overnight," Black Knight researchers said in a monthly report.
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If a lender charges 3 percent interest when inflation is running at 1 percent, the lender comes out ahead only 2 percent, and the borrower is out of pocket only 85033 percent in real buying power.
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He didn't talk a lot (lowest speaking time by far at 8 minutes 5 seconds), but he did go on several tangents, including suggesting that "buying power" and not policy is the answer to curing racism.
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And it sells Robinhood Gold subscriptions which range from $10 per month for $2,000 in extra buying power to $200 per month for $50,000 in margin trading, with a 5 percent APR charged for borrowing over that.
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The buying power of these middlemen has been brought to bear particularly in areas of medicine where there are several similar treatments to choose from, such as insulin injections and inhalers for asthma and chronic lung disease.
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So in the last section of the cartoon, when you go to the bank and try to trade marbles for dollars, we made it so the currency adjusts — which means the buying power of the dollar increases.
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Clemson fans took out tons of $2 bills from local banks, stamped them with the school's signature orange tiger paw logo, and spent them all over Atlanta, Georgia, to show the buying power of the Tiger faithful.
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As we reported back in February, the beauty industry grossly underestimates the value of Black consumers — despite the fact that African-Americans hold a buying power of $1 trillion, according to projections from a 2013 Nielsen report.
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Their consolidated buying power — also called monopsony power — has lowered margins on generic drugs such that many manufacturers have consolidated to match their bargaining power or offshored their production lines to eke out whatever margin they can.
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They have cut prices and costs to better compete, while No. 2 Sainsbury's has proposed a 7.3 billion pound takeover of No. 3 Asda to increase buying power - a deal now being assessed by the competition regulator.
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"Carmakers that have chosen to be on the wrong side of history will be on the losing end of California's buying power," Newsom said in a statement on the policy first reported Friday by the site CalMatters.
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There are only four choices: Spend it down, keep it at the current level, preserve its buying power by having its value keep up with inflation, or spend or invest it to grow as much as possible.
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But it was put off previously, and Aramco reached a $69.1 billion deal to purchase a majority stake in petrochemicals firm Sabic from the kingdom's sovereign wealth fund, boosting the fund's buying power and ability to diversify holdings.
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Businesses in heavily Hispanic areas have reported a slowdown as locals fear being caught up in raids © Getty By 2960, Hispanic buying power will reach $29tn, according to the University of Georgia's Selig Center for Economic Growth.
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"Robinhood Markets Inc is violating article §220.122 of the Code of Federal Regulations due to its inaccurate buying power calculations when selling/writing deep ITM covered calls on a margin account, known as 'Robinhood Gold,'" u/69SassyPoptarts writes.
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"Saudi Arabia has a reasonable population size and excellent buying power so it's a very wealthy country," In January, Aspen said it would review the infant milk formula business with options including a sale to a strategic partner.
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But in today's world of violent price swings and cash-starved markets, those with near infinite buying power — central banks, sovereign wealth funds and the largest money manager in the land — have become the new arbiters of flow.
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Higher sulfur costs, the result of tight global supplies and strong Chinese demand, come as fertilizer makers struggle against a crop price slump that has diminished farmer buying power and as new global phosphate supplies come on stream.
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And while some analysts expect Amazon to bring vast buying power to Whole Foods, Amazon's heft in the food market is far smaller than in other areas, and high demand for organic products gives farmers unusual bargaining power.
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For each rich Chinese kid who enters an American school — whether public or private, college or high school — the multiplier effect means that entire communities can be buoyed by the buying power of the world's second-largest economy.
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For all the talk of cost savings, single-payer plans are very, very expensive in America Most single-payer countries use the government's massive buying power to negotiate low health care prices; they essentially demand a bulk discount.
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Adjusted for inflation, the average hourly earnings of "production and nonsupervisory employees" — a category that includes about 4 out of 5 American workers — peaked in the Carter administration as rampant price increases eroded the buying power of every dollar.
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But Los Angeles features the world's best buying power for the average worker's salary, with Angelenos able to afford almost a quarter more than New Yorkers, according to the study, which uses New York as the basis for comparisons.
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"Chinese brands with growing scale, access to the same supply chain, rising components buying power, aggressive marketing and value-for-money offerings have stalled Apple's growth rate and nullified the differentiation points," said Neil Shah, research director at Counterpoint.
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Sales at Novozymes' bioenergy unit rose by 16 percent in the quarter compared to the less than three percent expected by analysts, as ethanol firms chose the new products and showed improved buying power, Sydbank analyst Morten Imsgard said.
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PARIS, Jan 12 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank must continuously evaluate the effect of its money printing programme, a policy setter said on Tuesday, adding that while the falling price of oil lifted buying power, it hurt price growth.
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"If you're going to put money in cash, even for shorter amounts of time, do yourself a favor and make sure you're earning the most competitive return that you can so you can preserve the buying power," McBride says.
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BUENOS AIRES, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Argentina's private-sector workers will see their wages topped off by 5,000 pesos ($88) in a one-time payment aimed at boosting their buying power amid surging inflation, the Production Ministry said on Monday.
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The issue isn't so much the rebates themselves — which can be seen as a reward for agencies, which argue their buying power gives marketers the best ad rates — but the disclosure of the rebates to all the parties involved.
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I'm Obsessed With These Ugly Mansions On Zillow Katie Notopolous can't stop looking at hideous $10 mansion on Zillow: Laughing at someone who has terrible taste, even if they happen to have vast buying power, is a kind of class catharsis.
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Sainsbury's and Asda want the deal to generate buying power and savings to better compete with fast-growing discounters Aldi and Lidl, a bigger Tesco after its 2018 purchase of wholesaler Booker, and the rise of online retailers like Amazon.
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The Senior Citizens League's annual study of changes in key costs impacting seniors found that Social Security beneficiaries have lost nearly one-third of their buying power since 2000, and they have lost 7 percent just over the past 12 months.
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Chinese buying power in the U.S. As reported by CNBC, direct investments from China put over $15 billion into transactions in the U.S. last year, a near-30 percent increase compared to the previous year and a new all-time high.
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Amazon has always been concerned with offering low prices on popular items and with its increased buying power and expanded logistics in the grocery category, we may see lower prices on an expanded selection of high quality organic and prepared food.
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"But in order to maintain the buying power of your cash, you have to at least keep pace with inflation: the cost of living," said Marcello De Pascale, an accredited investment fiduciary at the Barnum Financial Group in Shelton, Connecticut.
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"Gen Z has the highest buying power of any demographic," Leigh emphasizes, about Purdy's key demo, "spending $143 billion, 41 percent of which goes to shoes, accessories, and apparel, making 'merch' a key revenue stream in many clients portfolios" as well.
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Based on the example above, a New York family must earn $29,818 to have the buying power of a typical American family at the poverty line, whereas the threshold for a Delaware or Mississippi family is lower — $25,776 and $22,067, respectively.
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Over the last decade, more and more cities, on the coasts and in the heartland, have tried to leverage their buying power to fuel economic development through local hiring provisions on public projects that favor veterans, residents and low-income workers.
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Yet, quietly and steadily (and motivated, it must be said, in large part by the buying power of previously neglected groups), men's wear has opened up to a wider view of what constitutes the consumer base and, for that matter, humanity.
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With buying power of Fox Sports, a Murdoch on the board (Lachlan), and an exclusive contract with Drake, Caffeine is hoping to take its streaming service beyond gamers and sports and become the platform for live streaming entertainment of all stripes.
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Household spending shrank 0.3 percent in February from a year earlier, the biggest drop since a 1.4 percent fall in April last year, while inflation-adjusted real wages fell for a third straight month in February, undercutting consumer buying power.
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Taking a longer view, Perkins has remained relatively flat funded since 1991 and the program's buying power has fallen by $933 million - a 85033 percent reduction over the last quarter century - while continuing to serve around 12 million students annually.
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Certainly the "cash burns a hole in your pocket" effect may be in play, as may be valuation effects, as companies which are doing well and piling up cash could see the buying power increased by expanding price/earnings multiples.
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But this time around, the Erwins didn't just reassert the ticket-buying power of the faith-based audience — they turned the head of a Hollywood studio willing to bet on their ability to pull in crowds with movies made on a modest budget.
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And everywhere I travel, I experience the privilege of whiteness and American citizenship, from how I am treated at passport control to the buying power of the dollar abroad to my ability to enter 176 countries without securing a visa in advance.
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"We've pivoted a bit as a company…we see our purpose as an organization around what I would call aggregating the informal retail, then using technology, and then using that buying power to essentially provide lower, better-cost goods across cities," he said.
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At the conclusion of this study, they note that their findings have implications "for marketing practice," explaining that they may be potentially useful to professionals who wish to exploit the buying power of jealousy to sell gaudy baubles to the suffering consumer.
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The fix: Establishing a price on pollution -- like a carbon tax or a cap-and-trade system -- encourages people and businesses to do less of a bad thing (burning fossil fuels) and more of a good thing (buying power from wind and solar).
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The silver lining is that inflation has been so low over the last year, thanks in large part to a drop in energy prices, that the 2.5 percent increase in an average worker's pay translates into a meaningful gain in buying power.
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China doesn't want its currency to decline, a common mistake that everyone makes, including "China experts" because a declining currency leads to capital flows out of the country, since no one wants their buying power to be decimated — particularly in a declining economy.
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"We have a share of cynicism for LGBT-marketing, but what I'm impressed by is the number of brands who put their mouth where their marketing is," says Bob Witeck, President of Witeck Communications, the company that conducts analyses of LGBTQ buying power.
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BAT advocates claim that the dollar will rise 85033 percent in value and companies will be encouraged to produce in the U.S. A stronger dollar would mean that U.S. import companies will have more buying power, and Americans won't see prices go up.
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I'm used to operating in well-functioning markets with meaningful price signals that drive the allocation of resources, encourage competition, create efficiency, and allow consumers to make informed decisions about how to use their buying power: This is no market at all.
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Czech unemployment is the lowest in the EU, at 3.2 percent in March, according to Eurostat, but the average monthly wage in the fourth quarter of 2016 was still less than a third of Germany's 3,984 euros, although buying power differences are smaller.
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The tourists have kept flowing into New York from around the country and the rest of the world despite turmoil in many places, a slowing economy in China and a strengthening American dollar that weakens the buying power of foreigners, Mr. Dixon said.
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The interest rate cuts issued by foreign central banks boosted the value of the U.S. dollar, making American goods less affordable in countries with limited buying power The mix of trade blowback and global sluggishness stunted Trump's mission to revive American production.
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Indian gold demand is set to improve in the second half of 2018, after falling 6 percent in the first half, as government steps to boost farmers' incomes are expected to lift rural buying power, the World Gold Council (WGC) said on Thursday.
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Indian gold demand is set to improve in the second half of the year after falling 6 percent in the January-June period, as government steps to boost farmers' incomes are expected to boost rural buying power, the World Gold Council said last month.
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Still, bird flu is a headwind for the poultry sector, along with politics, cheaper oil prices that have reduced the buying power of oil-producing nations that import chicken, and strength in the U.S. dollar, which makes U.S. farm exports less attractive, Cockrell said.
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MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian gold demand is set to improve in the second half of 2018, after falling 6 percent in the first half, as government steps to boost farmers' incomes are expected to lift rural buying power, the World Gold Council (WGC) said on Thursday.
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Sainsbury's and Asda aim to generate savings and buying power to better compete with fast-growing discounters, Aldi and Lidl, a bigger Tesco after its recent 4 billion pounds purchase of wholesaler Booker, and the rise of online shopping, particularly the march of Amazon.
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Facebook revealed yesterday during its strong quarterly earnings call that in the last year, Facebook's average revenue per user grew 49.1 percent in the U.S. and Canada — Facebook's home market where advertiser concentration, buying power and fast mobile networks make video and video ads popular.
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Demand for cars is falling in China, the United States and Europe, the three biggest markets, and the partnership that Renault and Nissan founded in 1999 to share buying power and expertise is essential if they, and Mitsubishi, are to stay competitive, analysts say.
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Jing Ulrich, managing director and vice chairman of Asia Pacific, JPMorgan Chase As Gen-Z consumers become increasingly important in terms of buying power and social influence, luxury players have to understand their psychologies, develop unique products and build authentic communications to engage with them.
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I believe a UBI is a way to ease the transition, and it's also a way to provide a floor for people — not necessarily a substitute for work, but a supplement to work that allows them to have a sense of economic security, have consumer buying power.
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Moody's said in a statement it was putting Eskom's Ba1 rating on review for downgrade on the grounds that its funding needs were exacerbated by the rising cost of buying power from independent producers, as well as its spending to revamp and build new power stations.
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The fees are so egregious that they weigh down small Main Street merchants; keep retailers from expanding and creating more jobs when the country really needs them; and pinches the entire economy as consumers pay inflated prices as their buying power is taken up in swipe fees.
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On wages, the 0.3 percent rise in average hourly earnings in March and 2.3 percent rise in the last year is hardly the stuff of raucous celebration, but inflation has been low enough that this still represents a meaningful uptick in buying power for the average worker.
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The upside of replacing private insurance with a single-payer system, as both Bernie Sanders's and the House Progressives' plans do, is that the system becomes a lot simpler and a lot cheaper, as the government can use its monopsony buying power to force down prices.
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"We've seen increases in minimum wage and increases in pay for low-income workers, however overall, average wages have the same buying power they did 40 years ago when accounting for inflation," Michelle Armer, chief people officer at CareerBuilder, also an online jobs marketplace, said via email.
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At best, those employees that joined more recently will have only a fraction of their full equity grant available to sell this year, diminishing their immediate buying power (and if the past is a good indication, many won't stay long enough to see the full equity grant vest).
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If the late-March lows were as deep as this quiet correction gets, it might be comforting, but it also likely means the market won't have built up sufficient fear or reloaded with enough fresh buying power to vault the market too quickly on a powerful new leg higher.
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These stories indicate that the racial microaggressions black shoppers face are widespread, even in the face of research showing that African Americans have a buying power of $1.2 trillion and make up a higher share of customers in many sectors than their 14 percent share of the US population.
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Scale helps with the buying power of food and cash to invest in increasingly important digital capabilities and mobile payment systems To date, corporate acquirers have spent $11.7 billion on restaurant acquisitions, compared to the average of $2 billion they had spent yearly since 2008, according to Dealogic.
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Even before the gilets jaunes, or yellow-vested demonstrators, first took to the streets of the French capital last November to protest higher fuel taxes against a backdrop of declining middle-class buying power, Paris was in the midst of a revival of its budget-priced dining scene.
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Her portfolio of former trap houses and small apartment buildings didn't yield much cash, but as homeless camps multiplied and Bay Area housing costs spiraled into a political crisis, institutions and wealthy donors were becoming much more generous and had vastly expanded the St. Francis Center's buying power.
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And as this cohort's buying power continues to grow, Business Insider Intelligence expects there to be 16.6 million mPOS terminals in the US by 2024, and mobile in-store payments are projected to drive forward at a 23.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) to hit $262.6 billion by 2024.
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But he noted that all of the alternatives under discussion would require some period of above-2-percent inflation, and that such a situation could be difficult to explain to a public that might be distressed by the prospect of a rise in prices eating away at their buying power.
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But the cost of living varies from state to state, so in order to better understand what it means to be "poor" in each state, we used data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis that indicates how far $100 goes in each state, known as buying power, or regional price parities.
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White House officials said on a conference call on Friday that the administration believed there was an "economic opportunity" to save up to $1 trillion over 80 years by significantly cutting government information technology costs, reducing government costs through improved IT, leveraging government buying power and cutting fraud across government agencies.
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Families that had prospered in the '50s passed enormous buying power to their offspring, who became a lively demographic for a brilliantly adaptive advertising industry, a juggernaut that could selectively appeal to bikers, hippies, African-Americans, feminists, student protesters and bohemian types as readily as it did its traditional suburban targets.
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Middle-class Canadians probably pay more in taxes than middle-class Americans, David Macdonald, senior economist at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, tells CNBC Make It. They also must contend with higher sales taxes and a higher cost of goods, especially in the wealthier provinces, which affects buying power.
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Divorce unseated my white family from the racial enclave I was born into, and my mother and brothers and I spent much of my youth moving across black DC. We had all of the cultural privilege that came from our place within America's race-based caste system, but none of its buying power.
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"The consequence of these rising prices may force naloxone out of the budget for rural fire or EMS service that doesn't have the buying power of a hospital or larger municipal agency," said Ketcham, who is medical director of the emergency department at the San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington, New Mexico.
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So in a way, that's kind of the direction we're heading in, because as a merchant, you'll have more buying power than as a single individual consumer, so you'll be able to negotiate better rates, and be able to offer these products at a better rate than this as a single individual [receives].
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Individual states should do all they can to acquire ventilatorsBut they don't have the buying power to generate a swift & massive industrial responseIt will require a federal effort (maybe in collaboration with EU)to mobilize private sector action on the scale & pace required We will make ventilators if there is a shortage
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Money needed to buy $100 nationally: $118.50Poverty line: $29,620Salary needed to be at poverty line based on buying power: $35,099Read more:The cheapest states to get gas, rankedThe 25 US cities with the lowest cost of living25 festive places to spend the holidays around the worldThe 50 best places to live in America right now, ranked
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However, I trust they won't discount the buying power of patrons like me: If I walked into a venue and was greeted by a placard that gave away a tenth or third or half of what I was about to see, I would be far less likely to attend an event at that venue again.
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"Lower rates have also increased the buying power for prospective homebuyers looking to purchase the average-priced home by the equivalent of 15%, meaning that they could effectively buy $45,000 'more house' while still keeping their payments the same as they would have been last fall," said Ben Graboske, president of Black Knight Data and Analytics.
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There is a Latino tsunami taking place in the U.S. The combination of demographics, relative youth, highly educated individuals, massive buying power, and the dynamic growth in millions of new jobs will all play a major role in retirement accounts, in addition to making a major impact in the U.S. economy and the global financial markets.
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Electricité du Liban, the Lebanese electricity company, has a meager budget and relies on a patchwork approach—including buying power from neighboring countries and leasing diesel generator barges—to produce power; meanwhile, corruption in local and state politics means that government-allocated funds often do not reach the people or places for which they are intended.
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Her campaign's ultimate decline followed a perfect tempest of several events: unremarkable performances during recent debates coming on the heels of flubs during criminal justice conversations, and declining polls going into Iowa that correlated not just with attacks from opponents in the media and the political field, but a perilous lack of financial ad-buying power.
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The pharmaceutical industry successfully circumvented the free market by lobbying to limit the government's ability to leverage its significant buying power to negotiate lower drug prices on the prescription drugs it purchases as part of Medicare Part D. Within the Social Security law, the "noninterference clause" prevents the government and specifically, the secretary of Health and Human Services, from negotiating drug prices.
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Especially when saving for far-off goals like retirement, it's crucial to invest in a way that takes advantage of compound interest and grows your money, Greg McBride, Bankrate's chief financial analyst, tells CNBC Make It. "The buying power of your investments is going to get eaten away by inflation by about 2 percent to 3 percent per year," McBride says.
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In addition to these issues, the Blueprint asks Congress to establish equitable tax treatment for all businesses—specifically the 90 percent of businesses that are organized as something other than a "C Corp;" to allow the self-employed to deduct their healthcare costs; and consider restructuring the health insurance marketplaces to allow small businesses to pool their buying power through associations to purchase healthcare across state lines.
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"Regardless of funding method, the Administration will promote opportunities to leverage Federal buying power, utilize government-wide vehicles such as the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract to pivot to modern architectures, and clear obstacles agencies encounter, such as overly burdensome reporting and compliance checks, as they seek to enhance their ability to better deliver services to their customers while ensuring that these changes appropriately improve Federal cybersecurity," states Trump's management agenda.
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We knew that because of our buying power, we could have some influence on what the industry was doing," says Paul Mazurkiewicz, a technologist for materials at HP. "We went really far back in the supply chain, to the people that fundamentally make these materials, and we trained them on how to use the GreenScreen and let them know that HP would be making choices based on the GreenScreen in the future.
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YOU'VE GOT HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WITH LOADS OF BUYING POWER, AND ABLE TO DO BUSINESS OR LEARN INFORMATION OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE AND IT'S PART OF THEIR HABIT OF LIVING, THEY SPEND HOURS A DAY AND IT DOES ALL KINDS OF THINGS FOR THEM SO THAT REAL ESTATE IS WORTH A FORTUNE, AND IT'S NICE TO HAVE IT ADDED TO, AS THEY SELL NEW PHONES AND OF COURSE A LOT OF THEM ARE REPLACEMENT PHONES BUT THEY'RE ADDING TO HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF CONSUMERS THAT ARE NEVER GOING TO GET TO FIFTH AVENUE, THEY'RE NEVER -- AND YOU ARE AN INDISPENSABLE PART OF THEIR LIVES.
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