commodity currency

noun

A currency that moves in correlation with the world prices of primary commodity products, due to the country's heavy dependency on the export of certain raw materials for income.

Meanings

nouncommodity currency (plural commodity currencies)

plural commodity currencies

  1. economicsA currency that moves in correlation with the world prices of primary commodity products, due to the country's heavy dependency on the export of certain raw materials for income.
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