He manufactured joy, that rarest of commodities, with which he excused everything, even himself.
"It's able to trade financial services and commodities with whomever it wants.
To qualify for the secondary market, wines must be considered commodities with resale value, which supposes that they possess ageworthiness.
Cities with economies linked to commodities with falling prices have also been affected, as more people have defaulted on loans.
The uncertainty has produced sometimes volatile swings in the markets, particularly in commodities, with each contradictory glimpse of China's economic health and speculation about further government spending.
But on the other side of the coin are the reasons for that growth: the large-scale export of commodities with no clear industrial or institutional benefits.
The cuts were led by the retail sector, which had 44,087 announced layoffs, followed by commodities, with 10,241, and transportation, with 9,958.
This has created a new layer — half-consumer, half-entrepreneur — who snap up hot commodities with the sole intention of reselling at a profit.
But much of that rise will be an unavoidable knock-on effect from the collision of soaring global demand for commodities with lagging global supply.
The FTSE's mining contingent was among the worst-hit amid fears over waning Chinese demand for commodities, with all but two of the top flight's constituents losing ground.
Animal feed, especially corn and soybeans, became globally traded commodities with all the impossible-to-predict price swings of oil or copper.
