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• The interest rate described in relation to a specific amount of time. The monthly periodic rate, for example, is the cost of credit per month; the daily periodic rate is the cost of credit per day.

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  Periodic rate. (n.d.). Pocket Cents Glossary. Retrieved February 5, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/periodic-rate.

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  Periodic rate. www.mycreditunion.gov. Pocket Cents Glossary. National Credit Union Administration. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/periodic-rate (accessed: February 5, 2023).

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  "Periodic rate." Pocket Cents Glossary. National Credit Union Administration. 5 February. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/periodic-rate.

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• The rate you are charged each billing period. For many credit card plans, the periodic rate is a monthly rate, calculated by dividing the APR by twelve. For example, a credit card with a 24 percent APR has a monthly periodic rate of 2 percent.
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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Periodic rate. (n.d.). Credit Card Consumer's Guide. Retrieved February 5, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/periodic-rate.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Periodic rate. www.federalreserve.gov. Credit Card Consumer's Guide. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/periodic-rate (accessed: February 5, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Periodic rate." Credit Card Consumer's Guide. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. 5 February. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/periodic-rate.

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