Interest
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(noun)
 A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity.
Examples of Interest in the following topics:
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Times Interest Earned Ratio
- Times Interest Earned Ratio = (EBIT or EBITDA) / (Required Interest Payments), and is indicative of a company's financial strength.
 - The Times Interest Earned Ratio indicates the ability of a company to meet its required interest payments , and is calculated as:
 - Times Interest Earned Ratio = Earnings before Interest and Taxes (EBIT) / Interest Expense.
 - The Times Interest Earned Ratio is used by financial analysts to assess a company's ability to pay its required interest payments.
 - If Company A's EBIT is 750,000 and its required interest payments are 150,000, itsTimes Interest Earned Ratio would be 5.
 
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Multi-Period Investment
- The first concept of accruing (or earning) interest is called "simple interest. " Simple interest means that you earn interest only on the principal.
 - The second way of accruing interest is called "compound interest. " In this case, interest is paid at the end of each period based on the balance in the account.
 - Compound interest is named as such because the interest compounds: Interest is paid on interest.
 - Compare compound interest to simple interest.
 - You don't earn interest on interest you previously earned.
 
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The Interest Rate Risk
- Interest rates became volatile during the 1980s, forcing banks to become more concerned with interest-rate risk.
 - If the interest-rate sensitive liabilities exceed the interest-rate sensitive assets, then rising interest rates cause banks' profits to plummet, while falling interest rates cause banks' profits to increase.
 - If the interest-rate sensitive liabilities are less than interest-rate sensitive assets, subsequently, increasing interest rates cause banks' profits to soar, while declining interest rates cause banks' profits to plummet.
 - If the interest-rate sensitive liabilities equal the interest-rate sensitive assets, then fluctuating interest rates do not affect bank profits.
 - If the interest rate rises, subsequently, the banks increase the interest rate on the loans.
 
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Times-Interest-Earned Ratio
- Times Interest Earned ratio (EBIT or EBITDA divided by total interest payable) measures a company's ability to honor its debt payments.
 - Times interest earned (TIE), or interest coverage ratio, is a measure of a company's ability to honor its debt payments.
 - Interest Charges = Traditionally "charges" refers to interest expense found on the income statement.
 - Times Interest Earned or Interest Coverage is a great tool when measuring a company's ability to meet its debt obligations.
 - When the interest coverage ratio is smaller than 1, the company is not generating enough cash from its operations EBIT to meet its interest obligations.
 
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Calculating Present Value
- But first, you must determine whether the type of interest is simple or compound interest.
 - If the interest is simple interest, you plug the numbers into the simple interest formula.
 - Simple interest is pretty rare.
 - Simple interest is when interest is only paid on the amount you originally invested (the principal).
 - You don't earn interest on interest you previously earned.
 
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Cost of Interest During Construction
- The amount of cash borrowed will incur interest expense to the borrower; the interest paid by the borrower serves as interest income to the lender.
 - The capitalization of interest costs involves adding the amount of interest expense incurred and/or paid during the asset's construction phase to the asset's cost recorded on the balance sheet.
 - This interest cost is recorded as interest expense and reported as a period cost on the income statement rather than the balance sheet.
 - Most of the interest paid during construction is part of an asset's cost.
 - Interest paid during delays in construction is excluded from the asset's cost.
 
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Agricultural Interest Groups
- Agricultural interest groups are a type of economic interest group that represent farmers.
 - Economic interest groups are varied.
 - For any given issue, there will be large number of competing interest groups.
 - Categories of economic interest groups include those representing business, labor, professional, and agricultural interests.
 - Agricultural interest groups represent the economic interests of farmers.
 
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Your Areas of Interest
- Consider areas that you are interested in when trying to select a topic for your speech.
 - One stamp might lead someone to be interested in stamp collecting.
 - When choosing a topic, think about an area that interests you.
 - " and "What specifically interests me about this topic?
 - Consider what interests you when choosing a topic.
 
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Business and Economic Interest Groups
- Economic interest groups advocate for the economic benefit of their members, and business interests groups are a prominent type of economic interest group.
 - Interest groups represent people or organizations with common concerns and interests.
 - Economic interest groups are one of the five broad categories of interest groups in the US.
 - Economic interest groups are varied, and for any given issue there will be a large number of competing interest groups.
 - Business interest groups generally promote corporate or employer interests.
 
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Public Interest Groups
- Public interest groups advocate for what they consider to be the public good.
 - Interest groups represent people or organizations with common concerns and interests.
 - There are a wide variety of interest groups representing a variety of constituencies.
 - Another challenge for public-interest groups is the so-called free rider effect.
 - Public interest groups advocate for issues that impact the general public, such as education.