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The daily rate of interest (or yield) is a quoting convention for the simple interest ''nominal annual rate'' for compounding once per day.
The daily rate of interest (or yield) is a quoting convention for the simple interest ''nominal annual rate'' for compounding once per day.


For example, if the quoted daily rate is 5.11%, the amount of interest compounded daily is 5.11%/365 = 0.014%.


Not to be confused with the ''annual effective'' rate, which in this case would be 1.00014<sup>365</sup> - 1 = 5.24%.
'''Example'''
 
The quoted daily rate is 5.11%.
 
The amount of interest compounded daily is:
 
5.11% / 365
 
= 0.014%.
 
 
Not to be confused with the ''annual effective'' rate, which in this case would be:
 
1.00014<sup>365</sup> - 1  
 
= 5.24%.




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* [[Periodic rate of interest]]
* [[Periodic rate of interest]]


[[Category:Interest_Rate_Risk]]
[[Category:Manage_risks]]

Latest revision as of 18:42, 19 April 2015

The daily rate of interest (or yield) is a quoting convention for the simple interest nominal annual rate for compounding once per day.


Example

The quoted daily rate is 5.11%.

The amount of interest compounded daily is:

5.11% / 365

= 0.014%.


Not to be confused with the annual effective rate, which in this case would be:

1.00014365 - 1

= 5.24%.


See also