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Interest Rates

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  • September 30, 2017 at 10:21 am #409055
    fredymaila
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    Hello sir Moffat,
    In BPP studytext, they say

    APR (Annual Percentage Rate) =
    EAR (Effective Annual Rate)

    and I thought APR = Nominal Rate.
    May you clarify this sir.

    Also, how are the above rates related to Compound Annual Rate (CAR)?

    Thank you

    September 30, 2017 at 11:18 am #409068
    John Moffat
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    APR/EAR are annual rates.

    The nominal rate is the rate quoted, which may be quoted as an annual rate but might instead be quoted as (for example) a monthly rate. So it might be given as a nominal rate of 2% per month and you could be asked for the effective annual rate (as I explain in my lectures).

    The term ‘compound annual rate’ is not used in the UK or in the exam, but would mean the same as the APR/EAR

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