The value of an investment comes from its cash flows. Let's say you are intent on receiving $45,000 per year, starting at the end of year one and continuing over 10 years. A lump sum of $380,000 invested now (year 0) will allow you to receive your desired annual amount. What interest rate is required to make this happen?

Hubert manages a grocery store in a country experiencing a high rate of inflation. to keep up with inflation, he spends a lot of time every day updating the prices, printing new price tags, and sending out newspaper inserts advertising the new prices. his employees regularly deal with customer annoyance over the frequent price changes. this is an example of the of inflation.