<DIV>Suppose i'm processing the following lease transaction with the following input parameters :</DIV>
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<DIV>lease created date = Sep., 13 th 2004</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>first payment date = Nov., 30 th 2004</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>* grace period is considered " accounted for " since <U>lease creation date</U> up to <U>first payment date</U> .</DIV>
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<DIV>p.v. " lease amount " = 6725 $</DIV>
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<DIV>no. of payments = 72 months</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>payment amount = 118 </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>f.v. "lease amount + interest" = 10436 $</DIV>
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<DIV><U>balloon amout</U> = 1440</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><U>no. of balloon payments</U> = 6</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><U>balloon payment</U> = 240</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><U>balloon first payment date</U> = Oct.,30 th 2005</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><U>CF = PF = monthly</U></DIV>
<DIV><U></U> </DIV>
<DIV>My question is .... in trying to find the value of the " nominal rate " ...does the existance of </DIV>
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<DIV>balloon payments affect the calculation of the " nominal rate " ? and if it does please explain ?</DIV>
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<DIV>P.S. this is an actual transaction with actual parameters</DIV>
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<DIV>Regards</DIV>
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<DIV>Saher Edris</DIV><p>
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