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An amount, usually expressed in percentage or decimal terms, applied as a proportionate amount per period, rather than per annum.
The set of all possible items.
 
 
In relation to periodic yields (r):
 
r = R x days / year
 
 
''Where:''
 
r = periodic yield
 
R = nominal annual yield
 
days = actual number of days in the period under review
 
year = number of days in a conventional year
 
 
<span style="color:#4B0082">'''Example'''</span>
 
Interest is quoted at a market rate of 4% in USD, for 90 days maturity.
 
 
R = nominal annual yield = 0.04 (= 4%)
 
days = actual number of days in the period under review = 90
 
year = number of days in a conventional year = 360 for USD
 
 
Periodic yield = 0.04 x 90 / 360
 
= 0.01 (= 1%)
 
 
''This is the periodic yield per 90 days in USD.''


== See also ==
* [[Sample]]
* [[Sampling]]
* [[Statistical inference]]


== See also ==
* [[ACT/360]]
* [[ACT/365]]
* [[Conventional year]]
* [[Discount rate]]
* [[Rate of return]]

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The set of all possible items.

See also