Discount rate
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The interest rate used to determine the present value of future costs and benefits.
Note: The discount rate (e.g. 3% or 5%) is usually based on government borrowing rates (on three-month Treasury bills, for example) or market interest rates where the maturity is equivalent to the period in which the intervention or program is evaluated.