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Since 1991, the rupee has been under a floating exchange rate regime. [94] The first major impact on the rupee's exchange rate after independence was the devaluation of the pound sterling against the US dollar in 1949, which impacted currencies that maintained a peg to the sterling, which included the Indian rupee. [95]
The dollar sign, also known as the peso sign, is a currency symbol consisting of a capital S crossed with one or two vertical strokes ($ or depending on typeface), used to indicate the unit of various currencies around the world, including most currencies denominated "dollar" or "peso".
For a more exhaustive discussion of countries using the U.S. dollar as official or customary currency, or using currencies which are pegged to the U.S. dollar, see International use of the U.S. dollar#Dollarization and fixed exchange rates and Currency substitution#US dollar. Countries using the U.S. dollar as their official currency include:
For example, 33 states in the United States have higher minimum wages than the federal rate (plus military rates on federal bases) – on top of this an additional 42 city-level subdivisions having different minimum wage rates and 53 countries. [2] In effect, the United States has over 100 different minimum wages across the nation.
The United Kingdom slipped into a gold specie standard in 1717 by over-valuing gold at 15 + 1 ⁄ 5 times its weight in silver. It was unique among nations to use gold in conjunction with clipped, underweight silver shillings, addressed only before the end of the 18th century by the acceptance of gold proxies like token silver coins and banknotes.
2024 Fourth Quarter Revenue of $481.4 Million, up 16.3% year-over-year Q4 Diluted EPS (GAAP) of $0.31, up 28.4% from $0.24 in Q4 of 2023 Q4 Adjusted Diluted EPS (Non-GAAP) (1) of $0.44, up 26.1% from $0.35 in Q4 of 2023
In 2012, Indonesia was the second fastest-growing G-20 economy, behind China, and the annual growth rate fluctuated around 5% in the following years. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] Indonesia faced a recession in 2020 when the economic growth collapsed to −2.07% due to the COVID-19 pandemic , its worst economic performance since the 1997 crisis.
Microsoft announced that it had purchased a 1.6% share of Facebook for $240 million ($364 million in 2024 dollars [31]), giving Facebook an implied value of around $15 billion ($22.7 billion in 2024 dollars [31]). Facebook focused on generating revenue through targeted advertising based on user data, a model that drove its rapid financial growth