特朗普政府說，使美分不再有意義

美國造幣廠的最終訂單是一分錢的空白，併計劃停止生產硬幣，這些硬幣用完了

The Trump administration is putting in place a plan to stop making pennies, a move that comes as the cost of making the 1-cent coin has risen sharply and the administration says the coin is largely unutilized despite its enduring popularity.

特朗普政府正在製定一項計劃，以停止賺錢，這一舉動是因為製造1美分硬幣的成本急劇上升，而政府表示，儘管其持久，硬幣在很大程度上沒有利用。

The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and plans to stop producing the coin when those run out, a Treasury Department official confirmed Thursday.

一名財政部官員周四證實，美國造幣廠已作出了最終的一分錢空白訂單，併計劃在耗盡這些硬幣的情況下停止生產硬幣。

This move comes as the cost of making pennies has increased markedly, by 20% or more in 2024, according to the Treasury.

據財政部稱，這一舉動是因為賺錢的成本顯著增加，在2024年增加了20％或更多。

The administration says it expects an immediate annual savings of $56 million in reduced material costs if the penny's production stops.

政府表示，如果一分錢的產量停止，它預計將立即節省5600萬美元的材料成本。

By stopping the penny's production, the administration also expects to reduce the U.S. Mint's operating expenses by about $10 million per year and its logistics expenses by about $6 million per year, the official said. The official was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity to preview the news.

該官員說，通過阻止便士的產量，政府還希望將美國造幣廠的營業費用減少約1000萬美元，其物流費用每年約為600萬美元。該官員無權公開討論此事，並在預覽新聞的情況下發表了講話。

In February, President Donald Trump announced that he had ordered his administration to cease production of the 1-cent coin.

2月，唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）總統宣布，他已命令政府停止生產1美分的硬幣。

“For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents. This is so wasteful!” Trump wrote at that time in a post on his Truth Social site. “I have instructed my Secretary of the US Treasury to stop producing new pennies.”

“很久以來，美國已經鑄造了幾分錢，這實際上使我們花費了2美分。這太浪費了！”特朗普當時在他的真相社交網站上的帖子中寫道。 “我已經指示我的美國財政部長停止生產新的便士。”

There are about 114 billion pennies currently in circulation in the United States — that's $1.14 billion — but they are greatly underutilized, the Treasury says. The penny was one of the first coins made by the U.S. Mint after its establishment in 1792.

財政部表示，美國目前約有1,140億美元流通 - 11.4億美元 - 但它們的充分利用卻大大不足。一分錢是美國造幣廠於1792年成立後製造的第一批硬幣之一。

The nation's treasury secretary has the authority to mint and issue coins “in amounts the secretary decides are necessary to meet the needs of the United States.”

該國的財政部長有權造幣和簽發硬幣，“秘書決定滿足美國的需求是必要的。”

According to the U.S. Mint, the production cost of a penny is now almost 4 cents, and the production cost of a nickel is nearly 14 cents.

根據美國造幣廠的說法，一分錢的生產成本現在將近4美分，鎳的生產成本將近14美分。

Advocates for ditching the penny cite its high production cost and limited utility. Fans of the penny cite its usefulness in charity drives and relative bargain in production costs compared with the nickel.

拋棄一分錢的倡導者引用了其高產成本和有限的公用事業。一分錢的粉絲與鎳相比，一分錢的粉絲在慈善機構驅動器和生產成本相對便宜的情況下有用。

The Wall Street Journal first reported the news.

《華爾街日報》首先報導了這一消息。

Pennies are the most popular coin made by the U.S. Mint, which reported making 3.2 billion of them last year. That’s more than half of all the new coins it made last year.

便士是美國造幣廠最受歡迎的硬幣，該硬幣據報導去年造成了32億美元。這是去年製造的所有新硬幣的一半以上。

Congress, which dictates currency specifications such as the size and metal content of coins, could make Trump’s order permanent through law. But past congressional efforts to ditch the penny have failed.

國會決定了貨幣規格，例如硬幣的規模和金屬含量，可以通過法律永久地命令特朗普的命令。但是過去的國會為拋棄一分錢的努力失敗了。

Two bipartisan bills to kill the penny permanently were introduced this year.

今年，有兩黨的兩黨法案被永久殺死一分錢。

Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., introduced the Make Sense Not Cents Act this month. In April, Reps. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., and Robert Garcia, D-Calif., along with Sens. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., introduced the Common Cents Act.

R-Utah的Mike Lee和D-Ore。 4月，R-Mich。眾議員Lisa McClain和D-Calif。的Robert Garcia以及R-Wyo。的Sens。 CynthiaLummis和DN.Y.的Kirsten Gillibrand介紹了共同的Cents Act。

Jay Zagorsky, professor or markets, public policy, and law at Boston University, said that while he supports the move to end penny production, Congress must include language in any proposed legislation to require rounding up in pricing, which will eliminate the demand for pennies.

波士頓大學的教授或市場，公共政策和法律的傑伊·扎格斯基（Jay Zagorsky）表示，儘管他支持結束一分錢生產的舉動，但國會必須在任何擬議的立法中都包括語言，以便在定價中需要捨入，這將消除對便士的需求。

Zagorsky, who recently published a book called "The Power of Cash: Why Using Paper Money is Good for You and Society," said otherwise simply ditching the penny will only increase demand for nickels, which are even more expensive, at 14 cents to produce.

扎格斯基（Zagorsky）最近出版了一本書，名為“現金的力量：為什麼使用紙幣對您和社會有益。

"If we suddenly have to produce a lot of nickels — and we lose more money on producing every nickel — eliminating the penny doesn't make any sense."

“如果我們突然必須生產很多鎳 - 並且在生產每個鎳時損失了更多的錢，那麼消除便士就沒有任何意義。”

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Suderman reported from Richmond, Virginia.

Suderman來自弗吉尼亞州里士滿的報導。