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Calculate APY in Access

Posted on 2004-08-31

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Hello, I have an access table that has these two fiedls - TERM and RATE. To calculate the APY, currently I have to export this table to excel and run this formula:
=((1+RATE/100)^(TRUNC(TERM/12))*(1+(RATE/100*(TERM-TRUNC(TERM/12)*12))^(12/TERM)-1. Then, I have to import the excel file back into access and perform the rest of the queries.
Is there a way to perform this calculation in access? Thank you

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Question by:lnchopo

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by:naivad

ID: 119431072004-08-31

I think your problem is with the TRUNC function.

Try changing it to INT, (look up help on INT and FIX to see which function is better for you. Both drop the decimals, but handle negative numbers differently.)

=((1+RATE/100)^(INT(TERM/12))*(1+(RATE/100*(TERM-INT(TERM/12)*12))^(12/TERM)-1)

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by:shanesuebsahakarn

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ID: 119431132004-08-31

You can use this expression in a query:

((1+[RATE]/100)^(Fix([TERM]/12))*([RATE]/100*([TERM]-Fix([TERM]/12)*12))^(12/[TERM])-1

In other words, you can write a query like this:
SELECT *, ((1+[RATE]/100)^(Fix([TERM]/12))*([RATE]/100*([TERM]-Fix([TERM]/12)*12))^(12/[TERM])-1 As APY FROM MyTable

This will return all of the fields in your table, plus a calculated field called APY with the results of your calculation.

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