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Old 10-16-2012, 01:04 PM   #1
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All The Money The Government Is Printing This Year, In One Graphic

Another one of those cool easy-to read graphics from Planet Money. Enjoy.




All The Money The Government Is Printing This Year, In One Graphic : Planet Money : NPR
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Other than drug deals, I wonder what all the $100 bills are used for? I never intentionally get one.
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Other than drug deals, I wonder what all the $100 bills are used for? I never intentionally get one.
My thoughts also.
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They are coming out with a "new" $100.00 bill in Jan 2013, but not to worry as the counterfeiters already stole samples from the first batch that was printed in Dallas!
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Other than drug deals, I wonder what all the $100 bills are used for? I never intentionally get one.
I'm curious about this also. Where are all those $100 bills going? I rarely have or hold one.
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Heck, I carry $100 bills all the time.
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Heck, I carry $100 bills all the time.
I almost always carry at least one, and hold lots for emergency-emergency. So I guess it's me on the graph, sorry.
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Carrying around money, I never do because many places I go don't take them. But when I make my quarterly visit to Vegas I load up on them. Bank Tellers probably think drug deal.
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[QUOTE=2B;1240327]Other than drug deals, I wonder what all the $100 bills are used for? I never intentionally get one.[/QUO

My emergency money is in $100 bills.
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Remember that a lot of those $100 bills keep foreign commerce humming along...

I have been to other countries where you can choose to take out either US money or local money... I have never seen one with any other currency....
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I'm curious about this also. Where are all those $100 bills going? I rarely have or hold one.
Casinos, race tracks, banks, and other venues that use or exchange large amounts of currency. The $100 bill is presently the largest denomination printed; larger denominations being phased out beginning in '69. I can recall seeing Monty Hall giving away $500 & $1000 bills on Let's Make a Deal when I was a kid.

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My emergency money is in $100 bills.[/QUOTE]
Mine is in $20 bills. I feel it would be easier to use and the "keep the change" aspect that might be required would be reduced.
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We do more cash and fewer plastic card transactions than most people. But, we don't carry anything bigger than $20s. My wallet isn't strained by carrying five $20s rather than one $100.

I'll guess the gov't could stop printing $100s and the only people significantly inconvenienced by that would be those involved in something illegal (where "illegal" includes hiding income from the IRS).
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My buddy works in a high(er) end restaurant with an older clientele. He gets one or two $100 bills a night.
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While my emergency money is in $20 bills, I like to give my grandkids a crisp $100 bill on their birthdays... (Am I the culprit?)
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My favorite ATM just started giving out $50's. Maybe they'll start pulling ahead now. The new $20? Perfect for all those raging inflation types.
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My emergency cash is in $20's. I have a stash of $50's too, that I've just kept when I encounter one. Maybe it's because Grant is such a dashing gentleman

The only time I had a lot of $100's was when my son was buying a car with cash. I had given him my old car. Later, it was totaled in an accident and I kept the settlement money in my savings account until he was ready to buy. When he found the car he wanted I got the cash and gave it to him to make the purchase. The seller was very impressed!
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I'm curious about this also. Where are all those $100 bills going? I rarely have or hold one.
Any time I get cash back at Walmart or Sams Club, they always quickly hand me a $100 and shut the drawer. Many places won't even take them, so I end up shoving it in the atm and having the atm give me back 20's. And when I get cash back at a walmart family store these days, I tell them before they open the drawer not to give me any $100's. Turns out they throw a $100 in each drawer and won't give the employees more cash than that for cash back because they don't trust them.
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Any time I get cash back at Walmart or Sams Club, they always quickly hand me a $100 and shut the drawer. Many places won't even take them, so I end up shoving it in the atm and having the atm give me back 20's. And when I get cash back at a walmart family store these days, I tell them before they open the drawer not to give me any $100's. Turns out they throw a $100 in each drawer and won't give the employees more cash than that for cash back because they don't trust them.
"not to give me any $100's" - Bunny, when you ask for cash back you don't fool around do you! I think $40 is the most I have asked for in cash back at a store.
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Very convenient to carry $500 in five bills for emergency money on a trip.
Gives you the option of using a credit card or cash and sometimes you can negotiate buying cheaper with cash.
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