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Currency News

How Vietnam Will Avoid Currency ‘Manipulator’ Label, Save its Economy – VOA News

How Vietnam Will Avoid Currency ‘Manipulator’ Label, Save its Economy  VOA News

Vietnam is likely to make concessions to the United States so it can escape a U.S. watch list of possible currency manipulators and head off a hit to its fast-growing economy led by exchange rate-sensitive exports, analysts who follow the country say. The Southeast Asian country, they forecast, will probably talk to the U.S. side over the next six to nine months, consider approving fewer changes in its foreign exchange rate and accept more high-value American imports. Those measures would help Vietnam get off the U.S. Treasury’s list of nine countries that Washington will examine further fo…

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McDonald’s to accept foreign currency in the U.S. – just for three hours on this one day – USA TODAY

McDonald’s to accept foreign currency in the U.S. – just for three hours on this one day  USA TODAY

To mark the launch of its Worldwide Favorites Menu in the U.S., McDonald’s restaurants will accept foreign currency from customers on Thursday from 2-5 p.m. local time. The deal is good only for the four items on that new menu at participating restaurants and is limited to one piece of foreign cash per customer. The Worldwide Favorites Menu – the Stroopwafel McFlurry from the Netherlands, the Grand McExtreme Bacon Burger from Spain, the Tomato Mozzarella Chicken Sandwich from Canada and the Cheesy Bacon Fries Australia – launches nationwide on Wednesday. Owner-operators of each individual M…