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annurate

Periodic interest rate of annuity

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Syntax

Rate = annurate(NumPeriods,Payment,PresentValue)
Rate = annurate(___,FutureValue,Due)

Description

Rate = annurate(NumPeriods,Payment,PresentValue) returns the periodic interest rate paid on a loan or annuity.

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Rate = annurate(___,FutureValue,Due) specifies options using one or more optional arguments in addition to the input arguments in the previous syntax.

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Examples

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This example shows how to find the periodic interest rate of a four-year, $5000 loan with a $130 monthly payment made at the end of each month.

Rate = annurate(4*12, 130, 5000, 0, 0)
Rate = 
0.0094

Rate multiplied by 12 gives an annual interest rate of 11.32% on the loan.

Input Arguments

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Number of payment periods, specified as a scalar numeric.

Data Types: double

Payment per period, specified as a scalar numeric.

Data Types: double

Present value of the loan, specified as a scalar numeric.

Data Types: double

(Optional) Future value of the loan, specified as a scalar numeric.

Data Types: double

(Optional) When payments are due, specified as a scalar integer with value of 0 (end of period) or 1 (beginning of period).

Data Types: double

Output Arguments

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Periodic interest-rate paid of a loan or annuity, returned as a scalar numeric decimal.

Version History

Introduced before R2006a

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