The M1 is a very liquid measure of the money supply, as it contains cash and assets that can quickly be converted to currency.

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One such measure, the Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Promotion Act, introduced earlier this year by Senators Jim Bunning, of Kentucky, and Barack Obama, of Illinois, would encourage companies to invest in C.

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