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The WOCU is a global composite currency unit made up of a weighted 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.  It was launched in 2009 and is monitored  by the WDX Institute
The WOCU is a global composite currency unit made up of a weighted 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.  It was launched in 2009 and is monitored  by the WDX Institute.

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The WOCU is a global composite currency unit made up of a weighted 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. It was launched in 2009 and is monitored by the WDX Institute.