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REAL INTEREST

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French Equivalent: Intérêt réel

Definition:
Real interest is the difference between nominal interest and an amount equal to the loss of purchasing power on the monetary value of the principal during the accounting period.

Source Publication:
SNA 7.110.

Hyperlink:
http://esa.un.org/unsd/sna1993/introduction.asp

Statistical Theme: Financial statistics

Created on Tuesday, September 25, 2001

Last updated on Tuesday, November 20, 2001