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Loan with Discount – Effective Rate

Converts a loan with a discount (disbursement below 100 %) into the comparable effective rate.

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Is the discount worth it? 4.38 %
What you learn

A discount makes a loan look cheaper (lower nominal rate) but shifts the cost into the disbursement deduction. Only the effective rate makes offers honestly comparable.

→ Story & full explanation: Is the discount worth it?

Formula
Internal rate from actual disbursement, installments and remaining debt
How the formula works

With a discount less is disbursed than you owe – a prepaid interest. The calculator takes the actual disbursement as the present value and finds the rate that fits the installments and remaining debt. This is how the effective rate exposes the seemingly low nominal rate.

Cash-flow IRR with the real disbursement as the present value.

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