But, stay a while, and you learn how strangely fragile it is.
The market, though, plainly expects the peg to stay for a while yet.
Being a writer who makes his living off the writing of words which appear on computer screens, I would kind of like to see words stay for a while.
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Although the economy is on the mend, a still-tight job market in many areas and a load of student debt will force many 20-somethings to move back home this spring and stay for a while.
"After the likely rate hike to 4.25%, there is a good case for them to stay there for a while, " says Moec.
Stephen Harper's Conservatives have governed for four and a bit years and are likely to stay on for a while yet.
Online retailers rely on interstate transactions, and there is no reason for a company like Amazon or Overstock to stay in a state while other tax havens are wide open and welcoming.
But the New York court has now granted a stay while its appeal is heard.
There, LaBrot saw the need to stay put for a while and make a real impact.
He might even, diplomatic scuttlebutt has it, have persuaded Mr Powell to stay on for a while.
"I expect things to stay muddy for a while, with no real changes coming anytime soon, " said Jeff Embersits of Shareholder Value Management.
The Dutchman has signalled his willingness to stay on for a while, and France which desperately wants a Frenchman in the job seems keen on this.
The euro was hit hard after the ECB did not raise rates, as most expected, and implied that that rates would stay unchanged for a while.
At the same press conference he volunteered to stay on for a while if a successor had not been named by the time he was due to go.
Freddie Mac's dividend cut and wider than anticipated loss is a confirmation that the housing market is weak and will probably stay that way for a while.
But, that will stay stagnant for a decade while costs and deficits continue to rise.
Bubble.com may stay in business for a while yet, but even bubbles feel the tug of gravity.
The energy with which Mr Strauss-Kahn campaigned suggests that he actually wanted the job and will stay in it for a while.
Transport for London (TfL) said the boarding aids at 16 stations would stay for a few months while a review was carried out.
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Group vacation bookings are on the rise, Murphy says, and friends and families often rent villas or all-inclusive packages that allow them to stay together while satisfying a range of interests.
"It was a combination of the guys getting together, knowing and understanding that we're together, and want to stay together for a little while longer, " in the postseason, Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin said before the game.
The bears concede that losses may stay that way for a while, but argue that a huge, government-ordered expansion of bank credit over the past two years in response to the crisis must eventually produce vast losses.
But the truth none of the manufacturers likes to talk about is that the challenge involved in packing so many pixels into a small space means their prices are likely to stay too high for most for a while longer.
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