Returns the nominal annual interest rate, given the effective rate and the number of compounding periods per year.
Syntax
NOMINAL(effect_rate,npery)
Effect_rate is the effective interest rate.
Npery is the number of compounding periods per year.
Remarks
- Npery is truncated to an integer.
- If either argument is nonnumeric, NOMINAL returns the #VALUE! error value.
- If effect_rate ≤ 0 or if npery < 1, NOMINAL returns the #NUM! error value.
- NOMINAL is related to EFFECT as shown in the following equation:
Example
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- Create a blank workbook or worksheet.
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B |
| Data |
Description |
5.3543% |
Effective interest rate |
| 4 |
Number of compounding periods per year |
| Formula |
Description (Result) |
| =NOMINAL(A2,A3) |
Nominal interest rate with the terms above (0.0525 or 5.25 percent) |
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