Purchasing Alliances: Locally based, privately operated organizations that offer affordable group health coverage to businesses with fewer than 100 employees. Also known as purchasing pools, health insurance purchasing co-ops (HPCs), employer purchasing coalitions, or purchasing coalitions.

 

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Purchasing Alliances: Locally based, privately operated organizations that offer affordable group health coverage to businesses with fewer than 100 employees. Also known as purchasing pools, health insurance purc . . . View Full Definition

Relative Purchasing Power Parity (RPPP): Idea that the rate of change in the price level of commodities in one country relative to the price level in another determines the rate of change of the exchange rate between the two countr . . . View Full Definition

Purchasing Power Risk: Related: Inflation risk

Purchasing Power Of The Dollar: The amount of goods and services that can be exchanged for a dollar as compared with amount of a previous time period.

Purchasing Power: The amount of credit available for securities trading in a margin account, after taking margin requirements into consideration.

Purchasing Power Parity: The notion that the ratio between domestic and foreign price levels should equal the equilibrium exchange rate between domestic and foreign currencies.