Purchasing power refers to the amount of goods and services a person or entity can buy with a given amount of money. It ...

Domestic demand can be divided into two parts: personal consumption and public consumption, with public consumption primarily ...

Another thing that's changed in the past two decades is the average monthly Social Security benefit. In 2005, it was $1,002, or just over $12,000 annually. Fast-forward 20 years, and the average ...