nominal investment & finance definition

A number that hasn’t been adjusted. For example, a sales number that hasn’t been adjusted for price changes is a nominal sales number. A nominal interest rate is the interest rate that is actually paid, as opposed to the amount that is owed. If a consumer pays 8 percent on a car loan, the nominal interest rate is 8 percent. Nominal income means income that hasn’t been adjusted for any changes in the dollar’s purchasing power. Nominal dollar means money that hasn’t been adjusted for inflation.