PMT

Function Explained

PMT function is used to calculate the amount to be paid in each period on a loan or other financial instrument, such as bonds.

Syntax

=PMT(rate,nper,pv,[fv],[type])

rate – The periodic interest rate 

nper – The number of periods for payment

pv – The Present Value (PV) of the loan, or any other instrument. 

[fv] – The Future Value (FV) – the amount left after all payments are done. This argument is optional, meaning that if left empty, the default FV will be 0 (meaning no balance is left)

[type] – Are payments being made at the beginning or at the end of each period. 1 is for beginning, 0 is for the end of the period. As this argument is optional, if omitted, the default is 0 (End of period)

Example

Let’s assume we have taken a loan in the of 150,000$ to buy ourselves a brand new sports car 🙂

The loan is for 10 years, bearing a yearly interest rate of 5%. What would be the annual payment?

In this example, we did not type any value in [fv] as the Future Value of the loan is 0. We kept [type] empty as well, meaning that payments are made at the end of each period. 

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