On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 01:27:02 -0800, "Paul"
wrote:

Hi,
I want to calculate the growth rate between two dates.

The data in question is:
Start date 31/01/1995 Value 146.0
End Date 31/12/2004 Value 189.9

I think the annual growth rate is about 2.6% pa, but I don't know the
formula to calculate it.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks for looking.

Paul

Have a look at the XIRR worksheet function.

In your example:

=xirr(Values,Dates) -- 2.6846%

One caveat is that in your "values" range, one of the values must be negative.


=xirr({146;-189.9},{"1/31/1995";"12/31/2004"})

(Note that I have altered the date string to conform with my US regional
settings).

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If the XIRR function is not available, and returns the #NAME? error, install
and load the Analysis ToolPak add-in.

On the Tools menu, click Add-Ins.
In the Add-Ins available list, select the Analysis ToolPak box, and then click
OK.
If necessary, follow the instructions in the setup program.
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--ron