USD - US Dollar Rates

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Name: US Dollar

Symbol: $ Cent: ¢

Minor Unit:
1/100 = Cent

Central Bank Rate: 0.25

USD Profile

Inflation: 1.5%

Nicknames: greenback, buck, green, dough, smacker, bones, dead presidents, scrillas, paper

Coins:
Freq Used: 1¢, 5¢, 10¢, 25¢
Rarely Used: $1, 50¢

Banknotes:
Freq Used: $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100
Rarely Used: $2

Central Bank:
Federal Reserve Bank
Website: http://www.federalreserve.gov

Users: United States, America, American Samoa, more ...

The US central bank is called the Federal Reserve Bank (commonly referred to as "The Fed"). The USD is the most traded currency in the forex market and can be paired with all other major currencies. Common names for the USD include the greenback, buck, green, dough, smacker, bones, dead presidents, scrillas, and paper.

Importance of the US Dollar
The US Dollar is the most commonly converted currency in the world and is regularly used as a benchmark in the Forex market. As the dominant global reserve currency, it is held by nearly every central bank in the world. Additionally, the Dollar is used as the standard currency in the commodity market and therefore has a direct impact on commodity prices.

Dollarization of the USD
Due to its international acceptance, some countries like Panama and Ecuador use the USD as an official legal tender, a practice known as dollarization. For other countries the Dollar is an accepted alternative form of payment, though not an official currency for the country. Multiple currencies are pegged to the US Dollar: