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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Finance wiz needed: Although interest rates  do not exist in leases, customers constantly ask what is the interest rate for the lease. I have a question regrading how to calculate the implied interest rate in order to get the most favorable comparison. For purposes of illustration I will use a $10,000 60 month $1 purchase option lease with 2 advance payments, a lease rate of .02345 which will yield a monthly payment of $234.50.  The traditional present value method will give an implied interest rate of 15.687% using Tvalue calculator available  here  http://tinyurl.com/6gewp4&lt;/p&gt;
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 <title>Can you please help me understand my school loans?</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Can you please help me understand my school loans?  Boring numbers and interest rates within. I&#039;m embarrassed that I don&#039;t understand this stuff but I guess it&#039;s better to ask and learn...    I have two loans, a private loan and a Federal loan (which I consolidated several years back from Federal loans with higher interest rates).  I have enough money to pay off one in entirety, but I&#039;m not sure which one to do so to save the most money.  Loan details below:      Private Loan  Original principal balance:  $12,632  Outstanding principal balance:  $5,297  Interest rate: 5.0%&lt;/p&gt;
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