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Growth
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.. meta::
   :description: chapter for growth functions and interest rates
   :keywords: accumulation, amount, interest, compound, simple, rates, actuarial, python, package

Growth refers to the change in value of money over time. TmVal provides tools to measure this growth, including the familiar cases of simple and compound interest, as well as more complex ones.

We will start by demonstrating some practical applications concerning simple and compound interest, and then gradually move on to more generalized growth patterns such as amount and accumulation functions.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1

   simple
   compound
   amount
   accumulation
   interest
   rate
   reminder
   tiered
   discount
   interest_discount
   presentval
   apy_apr
   interest_conversions
   force_of_interest
   rate_revisit
   investment_year