--- title: 'More Money Monday Roundup: Nine-Cent Nickels & Paid Paternity Leave' description: 'Personal finance from around the Web: No more being pennied and nickeled: President Obama''s 2011 budget, released Monday, points out that it costs the government…' authors: - name: timestaff url: https://money.com/author/timestaff/ articles: 459 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes former_staff: true published: '2010-02-01T23:42:07.000Z' modified: '2020-07-07T10:20:02.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - Burger King - consumer - paternity leave - Personal Finance - Roth IRA word_count: 218 canonical: https://money.com/more-money-monday-roundup-nine-cent-nickels-paid-paternity-leave/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![More Money Monday Roundup: Nine-Cent Nickels & Paid Paternity Leave](https://money.com/content.money.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/140601_money_gen_13.jpg?crop=0px%2C733px%2C4780px%2C2689px&resize=1012%2C569&quality=85&strip&ssl=1) Personal finance from around the Web: - No more being pennied and nickeled: President Obama's 2011 budget, released Monday, points out that it costs the government 1.8 cents to make each penny and nine cents to manufacture a five-cent coin. The administration proposes [fiddling with the composition and weight of US coins](http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2010/02/the_us_currency.html) to save money. \[Infectious Greed\] - Young adults -- the type of people that Burger King calls its "super fans" -- have cut their visits to fast-food restaurants by 30% since 2006. Blame the recession and health concerns. \[The Wall Street Journal via [It's Your Money](http://business.time.com/2010/02/01/fast-food-a-13-times-per-month-habit/)\] - Numbers from the Institute of Supply Management suggest a boost in factory activity, [sending crude oil and gold higher](http://www.marketwatch.com/story/crude-oil-gold-rise-further-after-us-ism-data-2010-02-01?reflink=MW_news_stmp). Unfortunately, other numbers, such as weak construction spending, indicate the economic recovery remains fragile. According to a separate Commerce Department study, [consumer spending](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2010/02/personal-income-spending-climb.html) is also on the rise, along with income and saving. \[MarketWatch | The Washington Post | Money & Company\] - Under new British law, new dads will be eligible for [paid paternity leave](http://www.guardian.co.uk/jan/28/fathers-six-months-paternity-leave) starting April 2011, enabling them to take the place of a female partner returning to work. The legislation would provide up to £123 per week, or about $200. \[The Guardian via [Bucks](http://bucks.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/the-financial-side-to-paternity-leave/)\] - Consider these [four factors](http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/four-factors-to-consider-before-roth-ira-conversion.html) before converting your Roth IRA. \[Bargaineering\] *Follow Money on Twitter at [https://twitter.com/money](https://twitter.com/money)*. ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/more-money-monday-roundup-nine-cent-nickels-paid-paternity-leave/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Lifestyle", "item": "https://money.com/lifestyle/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Childcare", "item": "https://money.com/childcare/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "More Money Monday Roundup: Nine-Cent Nickels & Paid Paternity Leave" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/more-money-monday-roundup-nine-cent-nickels-paid-paternity-leave/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/more-money-monday-roundup-nine-cent-nickels-paid-paternity-leave/", "name": "More Money Monday Roundup: Nine-Cent Nickels & Paid Paternity Leave", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2010-02-01T23:42:07.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/more-money-monday-roundup-nine-cent-nickels-paid-paternity-leave/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/more-money-monday-roundup-nine-cent-nickels-paid-paternity-leave/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2020-07-07T10:20:02.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "More Money Monday Roundup: Nine-Cent Nickels & Paid Paternity Leave", "articleSection": "Lifestyle", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2014/06/140601_money_gen_13.jpg?quality=85", "width": 4780, "height": 3540 } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "timestaff", "url": "https://money.com/author/timestaff/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/timestaff/#author" } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2010-02-01T23:42:07.000Z", "description": "Personal finance from around the Web: No more being pennied and nickeled: President Obama's 2011 budget, released Monday, points out that it costs the government…", "abstract": "Personal finance from around the Web: No more being pennied and nickeled: President Obama's 2011 budget, released Monday, points out that it costs the government…", "@id": "https://money.com/more-money-monday-roundup-nine-cent-nickels-paid-paternity-leave/", "inLanguage": "en-US", "dateModified": "2020-07-07T10:20:02.000Z", "wordCount": 218, "keywords": [ "Burger King", "consumer", "paternity leave", "Personal Finance", "Roth IRA" ], "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Lifestyle", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifestyle" ] }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Child care", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_care" ] } ] } ] } ```