Although I have sympathies for economic commentators who want to engage in normalcy bias, doing so in the current environment requires sticking your head into the sand and ignoring the obvious risks to the macro outlook.
I have found it surprisingly easy to avoid American food-stuffs...if you choose to forgo heavily processed products...which we should probably be doing anyways. Even personal care & cleaning products, one has a surprisingly strong selection of non-USA brands.
But treasuries are usually not capitalized, and capitalization is what would make the word a proper noun. Your example of Toyota Camrys is a proper noun, where treasuries are only sometimes a proper noun. I think thatbis the way one decides the matter of plural suffixes .
If referring to US Treasury securities, it should be capitalised. The fact that people don’t is just sloppiness. (The term “treasury bills” is used generically across markets, as “government short-term paper” is much clumsier than “t-bill.”)
Although I switch between -ies and -ys, Treasurys appears to be the correct spelling. It’s a proper name. For example, one writes “two Toyota Camrys”, not “two Toyota Camries.”
This was a point of debate at a research outfit where I worked, so it’s not just a random fancy I have.
That is really good. Thanks.
I have found it surprisingly easy to avoid American food-stuffs...if you choose to forgo heavily processed products...which we should probably be doing anyways. Even personal care & cleaning products, one has a surprisingly strong selection of non-USA brands.
But treasuries are usually not capitalized, and capitalization is what would make the word a proper noun. Your example of Toyota Camrys is a proper noun, where treasuries are only sometimes a proper noun. I think thatbis the way one decides the matter of plural suffixes .
If referring to US Treasury securities, it should be capitalised. The fact that people don’t is just sloppiness. (The term “treasury bills” is used generically across markets, as “government short-term paper” is much clumsier than “t-bill.”)
"Treasuries" please
Although I switch between -ies and -ys, Treasurys appears to be the correct spelling. It’s a proper name. For example, one writes “two Toyota Camrys”, not “two Toyota Camries.”
This was a point of debate at a research outfit where I worked, so it’s not just a random fancy I have.