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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Interest]]
* [[ACT/365]]
* [[ACT/365 fixed]]
* [[ACT/365 fixed]]
* [[Conventional year]]
* [[Day count conventions]]
* [[Day count conventions]]
* [[Conventional year]]
* [[Interest]]




[http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/markets/Documents/money/code/ukmoneymarketscode.pdf The UK Money Markets Code]
[http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/markets/Documents/money/code/ukmoneymarketscode.pdf The UK Money Markets Code]

Revision as of 14:44, 25 June 2017

A day count convention which calculates actual days in a time period, over a 360-day conventional year.

The day count convention should always be checked and confirmed expressly if appropriate before transacting.


Major currencies which usually use an ACT/360 day count convention include:

USD, EUR, JPY, CHF, DKK, NOK, SEK and CNY.


Particular care must be taken where the day count convention differs between domestic markets and non-domestic markets.

The following major currencies usually use an ACT/360 day count convention for non-domestic transactions:

AUD, CAD, NZD.


See also


The UK Money Markets Code