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What is a loan amortization schedule, and what are some ways
these schedules are used?
Loan Amortization Schedule:
A Loan Amortization Schedule is a table showing the periodic loan payments. It illustrates how much Interest and how much Principal is paid on each installment. The periodic payment will be same but the amount of interest paid will be higher in the beginning of the loan repayment and lower towards the end. checkout the following table schedule for better understanding.
Following is Loan Amortization Schedule, which has loan amount of $1,000,000(principal) and interest rate of 8.4% which has to be paid in 5 years equal monthly installments.
From the above table, we can see that EMI is same but the interest payment is higher ($77,630) in the beginning of the repayment, but lower ($10,820) at the end.
By using an amortization table you can get a good picture of the monthly payments, how long it will take to pay off the loan, and the total cost of borrowing etc.