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Currency Swap

A swap that involves the exchange of principal and interest in one currency for the same in another currency.

Investopedia Commentary

Currency swaps were originally done to get around the problem of exchange controls.

See also: Commodity Swap, Currency, Currency Overlay, Interest Rate Swap, Swap, Total Return Swap

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