United States Dollar (USD)

About the United States Dollar

The United States “dollar” (plural: dollars) is the official currency used in the country of the United States of America, as well as its territories of American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, United States Minor Outlying Islands (Baker Island, Bajo Nuevo Bank, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Palmyra Atoll, Serranilla Bank, and Wake Island). Its official currency code is “USD” and it is symbolized by “$”. The primary denominations include 1, 5, 10, 25 cent coins (sometimes represented by a cents “¢” symbol); and 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 dollar paper bank notes (1 dollar = 100 cents). In the United States, decimal numbers are denoted using a point (e.g. 1.50). The dollar has a floating exchange rate and it is currently the world’s foremost reserve currency.

Central Bank: Federal Reserve

News: United States Dollar

• EUR/USD closing the week around 1.2925/30 - FXStreet (24 May 2013, 6:30 pm)
• Peru central bank offers to sell paper to slow sol's losses - Reuters (24 May 2013, 6:29 pm)
• Dollar extends losses vs yen, on pace for worst week in 3 years - Reuters (24 May 2013, 6:20 pm)

Reports & Events: United States Dollar

• Exemption for small debit card issuers from interchange fee standards working as intended (23 May 2013, 4:00 pm)
• Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee (22 May 2013, 6:00 pm)
• Federal Reserve announces results of offering of 28-day term deposits on May 20 (21 May 2013, 4:00 pm)

Discussions: United States Dollar

• Forex - GBP/USD lower after UK, US economic reports - Investing.com - Forex Discuss (24 May 2013, 6:00 pm)
• Forex - GBP/USD holds steady as Fed in focus - Investing.com - Forex Discuss (24 May 2013, 6:00 pm)
• Forex - USD/JPY falls as Japan official says easing sufficient - Investing.com - Forex Discuss (24 May 2013, 6:00 pm)

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