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| ISO 4217 Code | USD | ||||
| Official user(s) |  United States Panama[10] Ecuador[11] El Salvador[12]15 U.S. and 3 non-U.S.
territories[show] |
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| Unofficial user(s) |
13 other countries[show]
3 non-U.S. territories[show]
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| Inflation | 3.56%, June 2011. | ||||
| Source | inflationdata.com | ||||
| Method | CPI | ||||
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| 1/10 | Dime | ||||
| 1/100 | Cent | ||||
| 1/1000 | Mill (used in accounting and by fuel stations) | ||||
| Symbol | $ | ||||
| Nickname | Buck, bean, paper, dead president, smacker, and greenback. Plural: dough, bread, bones, simoleons, skrilla, bank clams. Also, Washingtons, Jeffersons, Lincolns, Jacksons, Benjamins, Grants, and Hamiltons are used based on denomination; also peso in Puerto Rico, and piastre in Cajun Louisiana. | ||||
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| Freq. used | 1¢, 5¢, 10¢, 25¢ | ||||
| Rarely used | 50¢, $1 | ||||
| Banknotes | |||||
| Freq. used | $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100 | ||||
| Rarely used | $2 | ||||
| Central bank | Federal Reserve System | ||||
| Website | www.federalreserve.gov | ||||
| Printer | Bureau of Engraving and Printing | ||||
| Website | www.moneyfactory.gov | ||||
| Mint | United States Mint | ||||
| Website | www.usmint.gov | ||||
| Euro | |||
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| ευρώ (Greek) | |||
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| ISO 4217 Code | EUR (num. 978) | ||
| Official user(s) |
4 territories outside the EU[show]
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| Unofficial user(s) | |||
| Inflation | 2.8%, April 2011 | ||
| Method | HICP | ||
| Pegged by | |||
| Symbol | € | ||
| Nickname | The single currency[1] |
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| Plural | See Euro linguistic issues | ||
| Coins | 1c, 2c, 5c, 10c, 20c, 50c, €1, €2 | ||
| Banknotes | €5, €10, €20, €50, €100, €200, €500 | ||
| Central bank | European Central Bank | ||
| Website | www.ecb.europa.eu | ||
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- Perfect competition, in which the market consists of a very large number of firms producing a homogeneous product.
- Monopolistic competition, also called competitive market, where there are a large number of independent firms which have a very small proportion of the market share.
- Monopoly, where there is only one provider of a product or service.
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- Natural monopoly, a monopoly in which economies of scale cause efficiency to increase continuously with the size of the firm.
- Oligopoly, in which a market is dominated by a small number of firms which own more than 40% of the market share.
- Oligopsony, a market dominated by many sellers and a few buyers.
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