10. FutureValue?
Amount Today x Factor = Future Value
$100 x 1.61 = $161
Future Value is compounding
Future Value is multiplying
11. PresentValue?
Future Amount ÷ Factor = Present Value
$100 ÷ 1.61 = $62.11
Present Value is discounting
Present Value is dividing
12. Finance
Unknown - Present Value or Future Value?
Must know rate and number of periods
Compute Factor with formula
(1+r)n
If FV multiply
If PV divide
19. Two Surveys
The Current Population Survey (CPS) "household
survey" Sample of 60,000 households.
The Current Employment Statistics Survey (CES):
"payroll survey" sample of 160,000 businesses and
government agencies that represent 400,000 individual
employees.