This problem explains why metal money has circulated not in lumps but as coins, with a regulated amount of metal in each coin.
It was state intervention, not the private market, that made metal specie work as money.
Interesting, too, is how often our love of horsepower and swooping sheet metal crops up when money doesn't matter.
The promise of America says we will guarantee quality education for all children and not spend more money on metal detectors than computers in our schools.
Researcher Keith Chen at the Yale School of Organization and Management grabbed headlines last summer when he released a study showing that capuchin monkeys could be trained to use shiny metal disks just like human money.
Historically, the practice of biting into metal seems to have its roots in money counterfeiting.
They presided over levels of inflation that were seldom seen when money was backed by precious metal, debasement notwithstanding.
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Rather than turn the planes into scrap metal and lose a substantial amount of money, Saab has remodelled them into aircraft aimed at combating a range of worldwide threats.
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That is the biggest moat in the entire world for one piece of metal to be used by everyone agreeing its money.
Gold's recent price declines have spurred fears that the 12-year rally is over, but some money managers are placing bets that the metal will resume its climb.
It is hoped the lightweight metal columns, which are completely recyclable, will save money as well as limiting light pollution.
His tiny private school, made of rusting sheets of corrugated metal, was struggling - too many orphans, no money, no textbooks.
They should not be encouraging the government to force people to hand over their money on threat of being locked in a metal box.
And we're going to be sharing more of those throughout our lineup so that we can spend most of our money in investment on changes in the sheet metal and packaging that give the vehicle its unique presence in the marketplace.
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Don't worry, though: you're not spending all that money just on a piece of cloth with a metal fastening strip attached.
She doesn't love him back, but she's very concerned with a metal briefcase that he handcuffs to his wrist as he transports money back and forth between business associates.
Part of the appeal of the metal is that it cannot be created easily, as with paper money.
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Rarely has calculated stupidity made as much sense as in this vulgar, cartoonish rock opera, starring Jack Black and Kyle Gass as a pair of metal-worshipping musical losers in quest of stardom, redemption, and the rent money.
Sumitomo Metal, for example, would be expected to give a decent chunk of its pension money to Sumitomo Bank's investment advisory firm.
Managed-money accounts returned to being net long in copper after spending two weeks net short the metal.
From those afraid of hyperinflation, to those libertarians doubting the validity of fiat money, market participants have always found a way to justify their holding of the yellow metal.
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In both the disaggregated and legacy weekly commitment of traders reports issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the managed-money and larger trader speculative non-commercial accounts increased their net-long positions in the yellow metal.
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In both the disaggregated and legacy weekly commitment of traders reports issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the managed-money and larger trader speculative non-commercial accounts increased their net-long positions in the yellow metal, following several weeks of a decrease.
In both the disaggregated and legacy weekly commitment of traders reports issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the managed-money and larger trader speculative non-commercial accounts greatly increased their net-long positions in the yellow metal.
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In both the disaggregated and legacy weekly commitment of traders reports issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the managed-money and larger trader speculative non-commercial accounts sizably increased their net-long positions in the yellow metal.
The commodity-linked funds had their first month of positive inflows in March for the year, with 487, 000 ounces of the metal added to the 13 funds tracked by UBS. Although those are a small portion of the overall appetite for money market accounts globally, it represents gains into an area that was unknown a decade ago.
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