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What are effective interest rates?

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Question added by Hossam Siyam , Group CFO , Tatweer Group
Date Posted: 2013/09/30
Mohammed Salim Allana
by Mohammed Salim Allana , Compliance and Assurance Manager , United Arab Bank

Net interest rate is effective interest rate.

Hossam Siyam
by Hossam Siyam , Group CFO , Tatweer Group

The effective interest rates you pay are a function of how much money you have available and how much money you give up for the use of these funds. In the simplest form of borrowing, a one-year loan of $10,000 at12% interest will costs $1,200. The effective interest rate is $1,200 / $10,000 or12%. As we change the costs and/or amount of funds available, the effective interest rate will change.

 

Example: You borrow $10,000 at12% which is discounted by the Bank at10%, thereby reducing the amount of funds you have available. The effective interest rate is:

 

$1,200 / $9,000 or13.3%.

 

Compensating balances also decrease the proceeds of the loan. As proceeds decline, the effective interest rate rises.

 

Example: You borrow $30,000 at12%. The Bank requires that you maintain a10% compensating balance. The effective interest rate is:

$3,600 / ($30,000 - $3,000) =13.3%.

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