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EFFECT

Returns the effective annual interest rate, given the nominal annual interest rate and the number of compounding periods per year

Syntax

EFFECT(nominal_rate, npery)

Parameters

  • nominal_rate: Required. The nominal interest rate
  • npery: Required. The number of compounding periods per year

Example

=EFFECT(0.0525, 4)
Returns: NumberSince: Excel 2003