paper money
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And while it’s easy to create wealth through raising billions in capital or taking on debt, turning paper money into actual cash is harder to do.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026
“Commercial paper, money markets, corporate credit, municipal finance, you name it, he addressed the whole ecosystem within days. That was not luck. That was judgment and resolve under extraordinary pressure,” Hutchins said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
Quantitative easing, or the creation of new paper money with which to buy government securities, seems never to have entered Bagehot’s mind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
The new appeal came as US media reported a backpack thought to belong to the suspect recovered near the scene contained a Tommy Hilfiger jacket and paper money from the board game Monopoly.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2024
We have used up our paper money and now have nothing to use for toilet paper.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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