You Have Just Taken Out a Loan for $75,000

question 14

Multiple Choice

You have just taken out a loan for $75,000. The stated (simple) interest rate on this loan is 10 percent, and the bank requires you to maintain a compensating balance equal to 15 percent of the initial face amount of the loan. You currently have $20,000 in your checking account, and you plan to maintain this balance. The loan is an add-on installment loan which you will repay in 12 equal monthly installments, beginning at the end of the first month.
-Assume you borrow $12,000 from the bank using a 10.19 percent "add-on", one-year installment loan, payable in four equal quarterly payments. What is the effective annual rate of interest?

• A) 9.50%
• B) 10.19%
• C) 15.99%
• D) 16.98%
• E) 20.38%

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