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Interest Calculator

Updated: April 6 2023,
Author: barrel fan
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Credit, Interest
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This interest calculator can be used to calculate the monthly payments and final amount paid on a loan for various interest rates, term lengths and base amounts. It is intended for use with the lesson Interest Rates Lets Go Shopping for Money, in CEE’s High School Economics publication.  This lesson, and others in the High School Economics publication, are available from the CEE Store.

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Personal Finance

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