They were commonly used for trade, and could contain information about the origin or quantity of goods.
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We cannot satisfy all of our ends with our limited quantity of goods, so we must economize.
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Unlike Apple, its margins will remain wafer thin, but the sheer quantity of goods sold should keep revenues flowing and investors happy.
First off, it assumes zero change in the quantity of goods.
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If we were to, for example, double the money supply but also double the quantity of goods, then there would be no price change at all.
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In fact, prices could fall if the quantity of goods increased more than the money supply (again, please see the posts linked above for a more careful and precise discussion of the factors involved).
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As the whole point of Quantitative Easing and the government stimulus was to raise output and employment (because, for those who have not noticed, we have almost 14 million citizens looking for work), there is no reason to maintain the assumption of zero change in the quantity of goods.
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Retail sales numbers measure dollar figures, not quantity or quality of goods.
Collection and recycling targets will now be based on the quantity of electric and electrical goods going on the market.
The quantity and quality of fresh and locally produced goods, however, is a compensation.
Currently, all loose goods sold with reference to units of quantity have to be weighed and sold using the metric system.
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