De-creasing Japan's money supply.

Reports that Hitachi Ltd., an electrical-appliance manufacturer, has started making automatic teller machines (ATMs) that not only dispense bank notes, but press and disinfect them first. Possibility that the ATM might also prolong the useful life of the notes, which would please Japan's finance min...

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Publicado en:Economist Vol. 332; no. 7877; p. 61
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Publicado: Economist Newspaper Limited 8/20/1994
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Sumario:Reports that Hitachi Ltd., an electrical-appliance manufacturer, has started making automatic teller machines (ATMs) that not only dispense bank notes, but press and disinfect them first. Possibility that the ATM might also prolong the useful life of the notes, which would please Japan's finance ministry; Description of the technology used by the ATM; Plans of Sanwa Bank Ltd. to install between 20-30 of the ATMs, working by the end of the year.