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Interest Rate

Interest rate is the cost of money.

Interest is the cost of money and is measured by the interest rate where

interest rate = cost of having money available for use

The interest rate is a percentage that is periodically added to an amount of money over a specified length of time. If money is borrowed the interest rate is the percentage of the borrowed amount that is paid to the borrower as a compensation for the use of the borrowed property.

Interest reflects that

  • money available today has a greater value that money received in the future

The future value of a present amount of value can be expressed as

F = P (1 + i)n                     (1)

where

F = future value

P = present value

i = interest rate per period

n = number of interest periods

Example - Accumulated Value

The accumulated value of an amount of present value 1 today with interest rate 10% in a 10 years period can be expressed as

Accumulated Value Year by Year with Interest Rate 10%
YearAccumulated Value
0 1
1 1.1
2 1.21
3 1.33
4 1.46
5 1.61
6 1.77
7 1.94
8 2.14
9 2.36
10 2.59

An amount of 500 will accumulate with the factor 2.14 in 8 years - or 

F = 2.14 (500)

  = 1070

Future Value of Present Money due to Interest Rate - Calculator Table

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Finding Unknown Interest Rate

If a single payment P shall produce a future value F after n annual compounding periods, the per annum decimal interest rate can be calculated as

i = (F / P)1/n - 1                              (2)

Example - Finding Interest Rate

A single payment of 100 today shall grow to 120 in 5 years. The required interest rate can be calculated as

i = (120 / 100)1/5 - 1    

  = 0.037

  = 3.7 %

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