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Weekly Economic Roundup and coin use

Money and Banking

How the U.S. Mint and a Breath Mint Are Causing Coin Shortages

Hershey’s Breath Saver mints and the U.S. Mint have both contributed to the coin shortages problems that the Federal Reserve is trying to solve.

Weekly Roundup and Phasing out the penny from the money supply

My Two Cents About Pennies

Expensive for the U.S. mint and worthless to consumers, the penny still remains a part of the U.S. money supply although phase-out laws have been proposed.