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Arizona bill signed for merchants to use 'Swedish rounding' to eliminate pennies

PHOENIX — Arizonans are about to have fewer loose coins in their pockets.

As of right now, it’s legal for Arizona merchants to round up — or round down — the amount of change you get when customers pay in cash. That will mean a bill that will end up a little bit more — or a little bit less than the actual price.

All this is because Gov. Katie Hobbs signed legislation to make official what some retailers have been doing informally now for months since the federal government stopped minting pennies.

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