Perjury is considered a serious offense as it can be used to usurp the power of the courts, resulting in miscarriages of justice. In the United States, for example, the general perjury statute under Federal law classifies perjury as a felony and provides for a prison sentence of up to five years.
Effective interest rate for t periods, i t = (1 + i) t - 1 or as one equation i t = (1 + (r / m)) mt - 1. The rate per compounding period P = R / m, in percent.
The effective interest rate method uses the market interest rate at the time that the bond was issued. In our example, the market interest rate on January 1, 2016 was 4% per semiannual period for 10 semiannual periods.