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Currency basket

Currency basket is an arrangements whereby two or more currencies are clubbed together with defined weights, and whose exchange rate/ interest rate is determined by computing weighted average market rates.

Currency basket also refers to the value of a portfolio of specific amounts of individual currencies, used as the basis for setting the market value of another currency. It is also known as a “currency cocktail.”

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