RATE

A rate is a relationship between two sizes, expressed often expressed as a percentage.

Economy

In Economic scenes, several important Economic indicators is rates:

• Interest rate = returned (or cost, in the event of loan) generally annual/value of the capital lent (or borrowed), according to a method and conventions of calculation données.
  Un interest rate can be fixed or variable (indexed). To determine a calculation supposes over all the duration of the Placement or the loan. The calculation of a Annual percentage rate allows a measurement, certe approximate, but unifying. The legislator made compulsory his posting for the majority of the financial products intended for the private individuals.

• Yield or Profitability : idem, but applied to all Investment or placement, and not only with lent capital.

• Rate of inflation = increase in the Price index/value of the index of the previous period

• Rate of economic growth = annual increase of GDP/GDP of the previous year

• Foreign exchange rate : value ratio between two currencies (for example rate Euro/dollar)

• Rate of Tax and social security deduction : {tax S + Tax S + National insurance contributions legally obligatory}/GDP

See too

• Rate , old Common Frenchwoman of the Aisne, auj. integrated into Hartennes-and-Rate
• Index
• Ratio
• made up rate

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