The phrase "acting commodity" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing economics, marketing, or social theory, where an entity is treated as a commodity that can be acted upon or utilized.
Example: "In the current market, personal data has become an acting commodity, traded and sold without the consent of individuals."
Alternatives: "functioning commodity" or "performing commodity".
You know, bankruptcy is a very essential mechanism for keeping the lenders honest, for keeping them in acting good faith rather than acting in bad faith, and for keeping the price of the commodity in question rational.
Overview of Lesson Plan: In this lesson, students learn notions of "supply and demand" and "scarcity" by acting as commodities traders on the floor of an imaginary stock exchange based on the game "Pit".
Besides the studies mentioned above, which focus on the relationship between oil and agricultural commodities acting as main inputs for biofuel, there are studies which directly analyse the relationship between oil and food prices.
Taiwan, which has a long history of investing in cultural commodities, is acting, with Hong Kong, as a regional entry point for contemporary Indian art, including into mainland China.
Indeed, May's joint sell-off in commodities and equities echoes similarly timed declines in 2010 and 2011.The more gloomy possibility is that the hedge funds are right and that commodities are acting as a leading indicator of a global recession.
One of the side-benefits of past US slowdowns was that commodity prices would fall, acting as a tax cut for consumers.
As a result, the bulk of the population – with the notable exception of the educated wealthy – will rely on high audience web sites merely acting as echo chambers for shallow commodity news snippets.
Commodity prices are rising across the board, acting as a further tax on hard-pressed Western consumers (oil has roughly doubled since the start of the year).
On this view higher commodity prices are merely accelerating the process by acting as a tax on Western consumers.
Performers may resent being traded like commodities and having their manager, who is supposed to be acting in their interest, under the thumb of a large corporation.
