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The WOCU is a global composite currency unit made up of a basket of the currencies of the 20 largest economies, weighted by relative GDP. It was created in particular to be a convenient unit of account for commodities transactions and having less volatility than the component currencies. | (WOCU}. | ||
The WOCU is a global composite currency unit made up of a basket of the currencies of the 20 largest economies, weighted by relative GDP. | |||
It was created in particular to be a convenient unit of account for commodities transactions and having less volatility than the component currencies. Launched in 2009, the WOCU is monitored by the WDX Institute. | |||
==See also== | |||
* [[Currency basket]] | |||
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(WOCU}.
The WOCU is a global composite currency unit made up of a basket of the currencies of the 20 largest economies, weighted by relative GDP.
It was created in particular to be a convenient unit of account for commodities transactions and having less volatility than the component currencies. Launched in 2009, the WOCU is monitored by the WDX Institute.
