Let us take the prospective values of copper at various future dates, a series which will be governed by the rate at which redundancy is being absorbed and gradually approaches the estimated normal cost.

让我们以铜在未来不同日期的预期价值为例，这一系列将由冗余被吸收的速度决定，并逐渐接近估计的正常成本。

In this connection the low (or negligible) carrying-costs of money play an essential part. For if its carrying costs were material, they would offset the effect of expectations as to the prospective value of money at future dates.

在这方面，货币的低（或可忽略不计）持有成本起着重要作用。因为如果其持有成本很大，它们将抵消对未来日期预期货币价值的预期影响。