spending power

noun

spending power

noun

1

Economics, Sciences The income available to households for spending.

Bad loans on bank balance sheets reflect that millions of people have lost jobs, eliminating spending power, while companies have seen sales evaporate.2016, Peter S. Goodman, “Italy Just Handed the Global Economy Another Giant Variable”, in The New York Times:

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