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Saying Goodbye To The Penny To Cost U.S. Consumers $6 Mln In 'Rounding Tax'

Phasing out the penny is set to involve some cost to U.S. consumers paying in cash as businesses are set to round transactions to the nearest nickel, new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond revealed on Wednesday.

The U.S. government is set to end the production of new pennies, which has become a loss-making process, early next year.

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