The combination drove FHFA's key measure of
the average effective interest rate on new home loans (which amortizes the initial fees and incorporates them into the rate) up by 11 basis points to 4.44 percent — the highest it's been since July of 2011 (the month prior to a substantial 36 basis point drop).
The combination of declines in the contract rate and initial fees took
the average effective interest rate on new home loans (which amortizes initial fees over the estimated life of the loan) down 8 basis points to 4.39 percent (after two consecutive months above 4.40).
The result was
an average effective interest rate on new home loans (which amortizes initial fees over the estimated life of the loan) that went from 4.27 to 4.25 percent.
As a result,
the average effective interest rate (calculated by amortizing initial fees over the estimated life of the loan) dipped from 4.12 percent in August to 4.09 percent.
Public debt charges as a percentage of interest - bearing debt (
the average effective interest rate) in 2009 - 10 is about half that in 1994 - 95.
Public debt charges were down $ 200 million or 0.7 per cent due mainly to a lower
average effective interest rate.
The decline to date in public debt charges of $ 1.4 billion (8.9 %) largely reflects lower
average effective interest rates and lower inflation adjustments on Real Return Bonds.
Not exact matches
In this hypothetical — but not completely farfetched — situation, the
effective average interest rate on the US government's debt would only be 2 %.
Most credit card bills will include what may be called an «
effective APR», which is a weighted
average APR of all the various sub-balances of your account and the
interest rates they currently have.
It is set every 14 days at the
average of the daily
effective federal funds
rate and the three - month CD
rate over the previous 14 days, meaning it's affected by market
interest rates.
Effective Duration - This statistic provides a measure of the sensitivity of the Fund's price to changes in
interest rate changes and is calculated as the weighted
average of the individual bond durations.
- For
interest -
rate sensitivity, Morningstar obtains from fund companies the
average effective duration.
Average Effective Duration measures the expected volatility of a bond fund in response to
interest rate fluctuations.
The only thing I would point out is that since deductions work against your highest tax - bracket income first, you should be using your marginal (highest) tax
rate rather than your
effective (
average) tax
rate when considering the benefit of a mortgage
interest deduction.
$ 1 in a tIRA / 401k at (x
interest, y years) taxed at an
average of exactly 15 % === $ 0.85 (x
interest, y years, initially taxed at 15 %, but marginal vs
effective rates are important in determining which IRA to go with.