Why does .NET decimal.ToString(string) round away from zero, apparently inconsistent with the language spec?

Question

I see that, in C#, rounding a decimal, by default, uses MidpointRounding.ToEven. This is expected, and is what the C# spec dictates. However, given t

Answer 1

Most likely because this is the standard way of dealing with currency. The impetus for the creation of decimal was that floating point does a poor job of dealing with currency values, so you would expect it's rules to be more aligned with accounting standards than mathematical correctness.