You have signed a new lease today to rent office space for five years. The lease payments

Question:

You have signed a new lease today to rent office space for five years. The lease payments are fixed at $4,500 per month for the first two years, but rise to $5,500 per month in years 3-5. What is the present value of this lease obligation if the appropriate discount rate is 8 percent?

Discount Rate
Depending upon the context, the discount rate has two different definitions and usages. First, the discount rate refers to the interest rate charged to the commercial banks and other financial institutions for the loans they take from the Federal...