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You approach your local bank for a loan. The bank quotes a rate of 5.89% with...

You approach your local bank for a loan. The bank quotes a rate of 5.89% with an effective annual rate of 6%. Does the bank use annual, quarterly, or monthly compounding?

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If the rate is quarterly compounded, then the effective rate is:-

=(1+5.89%/4)^4-1

=6.02%

If monthly compounding, it is 6.05%, in annual, it will be the same as APR 5.89%

Thus the closest to 6% is 6.02%, hence the answer is quarterly.

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