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26 December 1945 to 20 September 1949 – Fixed exchange with the US dollar at US$1 = F.CFP 49.60. Non-fixed exchange rate with the old French franc, which devalued four times vs. the US dollar. From F.CFP 1 = FF 2.40 (FF = French franc) in December 1945, the exchange rate reached F.CFP 1 = FF 5.50 in September 1949.
Stocks ended 2024 near record highs. Over the past 12 months, the Nasdaq Composite has rallied 30% and the S&P 500 has climbed over 24%.Meanwhile, the blue-chip Dow Jones has risen a more modest 13%.
The United States ten-dollar bill (US$10) is a denomination of U.S. currency.The obverse of the bill features the portrait of Alexander Hamilton, who served as the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, two renditions of the torch of the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World), and the words "We the People" from the original engrossed preamble of the United States Constitution.
The United States 10,000-dollar bill (US$10000) is an obsolete denomination of the United States dollar. The denomination was first issued in 1878 and the last series were produced in 1934. They were withdrawn from circulation after 1969. The $10,000 note was the highest denomination of US currency to be used by the public.
Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by a 1.24-to-1 ratio on the NYSE and by a 1.4-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq. The S&P 500 posted three new 52-week highs and five new lows, while the Nasdaq ...
The New York Times reported on June 10, 2020, that "the United States budget deficit grew to a record $1.88 trillion for the first eight months of this fiscal year." [132] The US economy recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, growing by 5.7%, which was its best performance since Ronald Reagan's presidency (1981–1989). [133]
The 22.1 million viewers who tuned into watch Will Howard, Jeremiah Smith and the Buckeyes end their 10-year national championship drought marked the third-lowest audience of the past 11 CFP title ...
"Petrocurrency" or (more commonly) "petrodollars" are popular shorthand for revenues from petroleum exports, mainly from the OPEC members plus Russia and Norway.Especially during periods of historically expensive oil, the associated financial flows can reach a scale of hundreds of billions of US dollar-equivalents per year – including a wide range of transactions in a variety of currencies ...