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constant dollar

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noun

  1. a dollar valued according to its purchasing power in an arbitrarily set year and then adjusted for price changes in other years so that real purchasing power can be compared by giving prices as they would presumably be in the base year.

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On a constant dollar basis, Visa's payment volumes rose 7% for the three months ended Dec. 31, 2022.

From Reuters • Jan. 26, 2023

Total cross-border volume rose 38% on a constant dollar basis from a year earlier.

From Reuters • Oct. 26, 2021

But since 1983, they have actually declined by $202 million in constant dollar terms.

From US News • Aug. 19, 2016

Coach’s international sales rose by 2o% in constant dollar terms.

From Forbes • Aug. 4, 2014

It now takes 3 1/2 percent less energy to produce a constant dollar of GNP than it did in January 1977.

From State of the Union Address by Carter, Jimmy

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