特朗普政府说，使美分不再有意义

美国造币厂的最终订单是一分钱的空白，并计划停止生产硬币，这些硬币用完了

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.

特朗普政府正在制定一项计划，以停止赚钱，这一举动是因为制造1美分硬币的成本急剧上升，而政府表示，尽管其持久，硬币在很大程度上没有利用。

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.

一名财政部官员周四证实，美国造币厂已作出了最终的一分钱空白订单，并计划在耗尽这些硬币的情况下停止生产硬币。

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

据财政部称，这一举动是因为赚钱的成本显着增加，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，如果一分钱的产量停止，它预计将立即节省5600万美元的材料成本。

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.

该官员说，通过阻止便士的产量，政府还希望将美国造币厂的营业费用减少约1000万美元，其物流费用每年约为600万美元。该官员无权公开讨论此事，并在预览新闻的情况下发表了讲话。

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

2月，唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）总统宣布，他已命令政府停止生产1美分的硬币。

“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.”

“很久以来，美国已经铸造了几分钱，这实际上使我们花费了2美分。这太浪费了！”特朗普当时在他的真相社交网站上的帖子中写道。 “我已经指示我的美国财政部长停止生产新的便士。”

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.

财政部表示，美国目前约有1,140亿美元流通 - 11.4亿美元 - 但它们的充分利用却大大不足。一分钱是美国造币厂于1792年成立后制造的第一批硬币之一。

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.”

该国的财政部长有权造币和签发硬币，“秘书决定满足美国的需求是必要的。”

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.

根据美国造币厂的说法，一分钱的生产成本现在将近4美分，镍的生产成本将近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.

抛弃一分钱的倡导者引用了其高产成本和有限的公用事业。一分钱的粉丝与镍相比，一分钱的粉丝在慈善机构驱动器和生产成本相对便宜的情况下有用。

The Wall Street Journal first reported the news.

《华尔街日报》首先报道了这一消息。

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.

便士是美国造币厂最受欢迎的硬币，该硬币据报道去年造成了32亿美元。这是去年制造的所有新硬币的一半以上。

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.

国会决定了货币规格，例如硬币的规模和金属含量，可以通过法律永久地命令特朗普的命令。但是过去的国会为抛弃一分钱的努力失败了。

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

今年，有两党的两党法案被永久杀死一分钱。

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。众议员Lisa McClain和D-Calif。的Robert Garcia以及R-Wyo。的Sens。CynthiaLummis和DN.Y.的Kirsten Gillibrand介绍了共同的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.

波士顿大学的教授或市场，公共政策和法律的杰伊·扎格斯基（Jay Zagorsky）表示，尽管他支持结束一分钱生产的举动，但国会必须在任何拟议的立法中都包括语言，以便在定价中需要舍入，这将消除对便士的需求。

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）最近出版了一本书，名为“现金的力量：为什么使用纸币对您和社会有益。

"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."

“如果我们突然必须生产很多镍 - 并且在生产每个镍时损失了更多的钱，那么消除便士就没有任何意义。”

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Suderman reported from Richmond, Virginia.

Suderman来自弗吉尼亚州里士满的报道。