'bullion' is a correct and usable word in written English.
You would use it to refer to gold or silver in the form of bars, ingots, or coins. For example, "The wealthy investor purchased several bars of bullion as a long-term investment."
A countervailing duty on Chinese exports would be job-creating; a deal with South Korea, not.But importantly, the case for bullionism as a demand stimulus evaporated with a role for bullion in monetary policy.
The sales pitch for the Vauxhall development says London is "widely regarded as the 'gold bullion' of international property markets" and boasts that returns on property in the area have been "better than … the FTSE 100 and gold".
He rattled through the stories of Turing's peculiarities – burying his silver bullion and then forgetting where; chaining his mug to his radiator; cycling in his gas mask to ward off hay fever.
"If we're wrong, we've just built another one of those bullion trading businesses".
Johnson has admitted that London is suffering a "desperate shortage of homes", suggesting that London homes aren't just "blocks of bullion in the sky".
They aren't just blocks of bullion in the sky".
This makes little sense if gold is supposed to act as a hedge against rising inflation: evidence of a stronger economy should make bullion rise, not fall.
But India imports 800-odd tonnes of bullion a year.
At the time, Bob Lutz, now GM's vice-chairman, likened the investment in Nissan to filling a container with $6 billion in gold bullion and sinking it in the Pacific.
They lend gold bullion reserves to short sellers as well as to gold producers themselves, who then sell the metal in the spot markets.
Bond investors were slow to appreciate inflation's demise so real yields were very high.That was bad news for gold which offers no yield; the opportunity cost of holding bullion increases when real yields rise.
