Why are machinery and equipment not commodities and why are they not money?

Hello, non-monetary assets refer to assets other than monetary assets, including inventory, fixed assets, intangible assets, equity investment and bond investment that is not ready to be held until maturity. The most basic feature that distinguishes non-monetary assets from monetary assets is the economic benefits it will bring to enterprises in the future, that is, the monetary amount is not fixed or uncertain. Therefore, machinery and equipment belong to non-monetary assets,