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currency swap

foreign-exchange agreement between two institutions to exchange aspects of a loan in one currency for equivalent aspects of an equal in net present value loan in another currency
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currency swap

Summary

currency swap ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (272 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • currency swap is a type of interest rate derivative[2].
  • currency swap is a type of swap[3].
  • currency swap's different from is recorded as foreign exchange swap[4].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include interest rate derivative[2] and swap[3].

Why It Matters

currency swap ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (272 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → foreign exchange swap
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → interest rate derivative, swap
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007532352705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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