Not a commodity, money is merely a measuring stick that facilitates the real exchange of wealth.
We know that medicine is not a commodity that lends itself to consumer shopping in the way a television set might.
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Automotive freight revenue primarily increased due to higher vehicle production, which has seen increases to meet pent up demand created by the high average vehicle age in the U.S. However, as individuals continue replace old vehicles, we might see growth in this segment moderate going forward since vehicles are not a commodity purchased by an individual customer on a recurring basis.
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But even these market prices may not reflect a commodity's true social value.
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From a business side, the players are not a scarce commodity.
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Money should be used for a proper economic purpose and not treated as a commodity on which a return can be made by reference to time.
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Although Enron made markets in it, fibre-optic backbone is not really a fungible commodity.
Not for a near commodity anyway.
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However, inflation is a concern in a number of other countries, and gold is not a U.S. commodity but a global commodity.
If you do not, you are a commodity that can be swapped in and out of the system, and your margins start to shrink.
While the global commodity markets turned considerably lower during the third quarter of 2011, I do not believe that a sustained drop in commodity prices is likely.
Cosmetic surgeons said procedures should not be sold as "a commodity".
The fact is there is not a direct correlation there because it's a global commodity and the price of oil globally is affected by a number of factors, including economic growth in China, India, Brazil, and other countries, as well as this one, and by a lack of stability in various regions of the world.
The browser may, however, not be just another application rendered a commodity by the march of software progress.
"We don't want recycling material going into landfill - it's not waste, it's a commodity and we want to find an outlet, " SITA's Mike Dobson said.
Much was made of Bernanke's mention of the dollar a few weeks back, but the main thrust of his "dollar speech" was that rising commodity prices are not a result of monetary mismanagement, but instead a function of too much growth.
David Rosenberg, the former Merrill Lynch economist, now with the Canadian firm Gluskin Sheff, has argued that the run up in commodity prices is not a forerunner of a generalized inflation because incomes are not rising and there is huge excess capacity in the economic system, as indicated by high levels of unemployment.
Monsanto contended that commodity grain is restricted for use as feed, not cultivation, and its use, even as a second year commodity purchase violates the one-time use license agreement.
Time tested economic theory tells us that in a free, unfettered market not constrained by onerous barriers to entry, the long term price of a commodity will approach its marginal cost of production.
Russia has not been able to shake itself from being a commodity play.
Dr Hamish Meldrum, chairman of the British Medical Association, said the policy appeared to "further establish the idea of healthcare as a commodity", which would not be in patients' "best interests".
The most conspicuous explanation is that oil is a global commodity that is affected not just by international economics but also by geopolitical skirmishes, which can cause supplies to tighten up and prices to rise.
He has focused on building the Tokyo-based firm into a one-stop shop for leases, loans, commodity funds, insurance and other services not unlike a GE Capital or Citigroup on a small scale.
He has focused on building the Tokyo-based firm into a one-stop shop for leases, loans, commodity funds, insurance and other services -- not unlike a GE Capital or Citigroup on a small scale.
The move by the commodity-consuming juggernaut China was not a big surprise, as its monetary officials are working to control inflation by curtailing domestic consumption.
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The spot month period is specific to each commodity contract, need not correspond to a month-long period, and may extend through the period when delivery obligations are incurred.
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The reports come hours before the U.S. Federal Reserve is set to hold its bi-monthly meeting in which it will discuss the state of unemployment and the possibility of inflation in the U.S. The last time Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke, he said that rising commodity prices probably will not lead to a broad threat of inflation.
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