United States Dollar (USD)

News: United States Dollar

• USD/CAD Above parity - FXStreet.com (27 January 2012, 2:28 pm)
• Over Rs 6,000-crore spices exported till November - Economic Times (27 January 2012, 11:51 am)
• FOREX-Yen bounces from recent lows, euro firmer - Reuters (27 January 2012, 11:08 am)

Reports & Events: United States Dollar

• Federal Reserve Chairman to deliver lecture series to college students (26 January 2012, 4:00 pm)
• Federal Reserve Board and Federal Open Market Committee release economic projections from the January 24-25 FOMC meeting (25 January 2012, 7:00 pm)
• Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement of longer-run goals and policy strategy (25 January 2012, 7:00 pm)

Discussions: United States Dollar

• chess king replies to: EURUSD - Forex Factory (27 January 2012, 9:09 pm)
• sidhujag replies to: EURUSD - Forex Factory (27 January 2012, 9:04 pm)
• Ill-b-back replies to: Cable Update (GBPUSD) - Forex Factory (27 January 2012, 8:56 pm)

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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