photo by Alan Cleaver
Our parents once taught us to save our money aside. Be it in a piggy bank or bank. When we grow up a little bit we were opened an account in bank. Then we gotta work. For most of us, our salary is transfered into our bank account. They said that when we put our money in bank, we get paid an interest. Now in Indonesia, the yearly interest rate is about 2.25% (BCA - Bank Central Asia). So if we put Rp. 10,000,000.- in BCA on 2009, then in the end of the year, the money in our account would become Rp. 10,225,000.-. It is still not be accounted for tax, administration fees, etc (check it here). It seems that we make a profit from it, but actually we don't. Why?