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tell me please in simple words what it means "at the nominal annual rete compounded monthly"???

2007-03-15 06:58:47 · 3 answers · asked by Zephyr_Seven 1 in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

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It would be the apr, for instance 24%, compounded monthly means that the apr will be divided into 12 monthly charges, in this case 2%.

2007-03-15 07:06:32 · answer #1 · answered by cam 4 · 0 0

You might have better luck with this question if you ask in the mathematics section or business/finance.
The nominal rate compounded monthly means you take the "annual rate" and divide it by twelve to get the monthly rate, and each month you compound by that rate.
Example: you borrow $1,000.00 at 12% annual rate. So each month, one percent is applied to the loan amount( 12%/12 = 1%). One percent of 1,000.00 is 10, so at the end of the first month, you owe 1010.00
The next month, one percent (.01) of 1010.00 = (1010)*(1.01) = 1020.10.
If you don't want to do all that multiplying, and you have a percent key on your calculator, you can get the same results this way: Take the previous amount owed and then punch +,1, and % keys and the new amount will appear. You can confirm this with the results above.
Hope this helps.

2007-03-15 08:40:22 · answer #2 · answered by Kevin R 1 · 0 0

at the nominal annual rate compounded monthly
1. at the nominal=the flat rate; apparently not a lot, which is why they call it "nominal."

2. annual rate: You will pay this rate for the year. Annual means yearly.

3. compounded monthly: means every month the rate will be multiplied by the whatever the rate is.

An example helps.
You borrow $1000 at the rate of 8% per month.
1000 multiplied by .008= $8.00.
So now for March you owe the original $1000 plus the $8 interest.
April comes now you multiple the $1008 by 8% or .008 = $8.064. You now owe $1016.064.
Do you see how the interested is multiplied from one month to the next? That's what compounded means. You end up paying interest on the interest.

Hope this helps.

2007-03-15 07:12:19 · answer #3 · answered by Curious 3 · 1 0

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