compound interest References compound interest economics Ask Anything Homework Help Written by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them. The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica Britannica AI Ask Anything Learn about this topic in these articles: Financial literacy/ Making sense of money, credit, and debt: Interest rates and the time value of moneyCompound interest means you earn (or are charged) interest not just on the original amount, but also on the interest that accumulates along the way. Read MoreCompound interest means you earn (or are charged) interest not just on the original amount, but also on the interest that accumulates along the way. Read More