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Loan payment

Example

On January 1st, 2024, you borrowed $10,000 which is to be paid of in 120 monthly installments starting on February 1st. Interest is at 8 % compounded monthly.

What's your monthly payment?

Set up the following cashflow or select the Loan payment example in the Help > Examples menu.

Date Type Value Occurs # Change Step Comment
1-1-2024 outflow 10,000 once       Loan
2-1-2024 unknown 1 monthly 120 no change   Payment

Enter 8 into the rate field and select monthly compounding in Compute Options.

Make sure that Auto update is checked.

You'll find the anwser in the x Value field: 121.33.

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