effective rate of interest

effective rate of interest definition - business

effective rate of interest

The rate of interest that incorporates compounding in the calculation used to determine the amount of interest to be credited to an account. For amounts invested during an entire year, the annual effective rate of interest multiplied by the principal will equal the amount of earned interest.

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