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Interest Rates and Prices

Quarterly Interest Rate Certification

2013 - Second Quarter

In February of 1997, the Fiscal Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury delegated to the Bureau of the Public Debt (now the Bureau of the Fiscal Service) the responsibility of providing interest rate certification to various agencies.

The following table contains rates certified by Treasury for various statutory purposes.

Table 1 - Interest Rates for the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982
(Updated January 15, 2013)
Month Year Dollar Amt. Sold ($000) Avg. Yield to Maturity
October 2012 $165,000,216.20 0.9617091%
November 2012 $171,000,255.40 0.9359878%
December 2012 $165,000,317.10 0.9352962%
Table 2a - Interest Rates for Specific Legislation
(Updated January 10, 2013)
Legislation Rate
3 Month
Period Ending
03/31/2012		 3 Month
Period Ending
06/30/2012		 3 Month
Period Ending
09/30/2012		 3 Month
Period Ending
12/31/2012
Higher Education Act of 1965 - Section 438(b)(2) and Section 731(b) 0.07% 0.09% 0.10% 0.09%
Public Law 101-514 - Nuclear Waste Fund 0.07% 0.09% 0.10% 0.09%
Health Professions Education Extension Amendment of 1992 - Section 705(b) 0.07% 0.09% 0.10% 0.09%
National Health Services Corps Scholarship Program (42 USC 250(B)(1)(A)) 10-7/8% 11% 10-3/8% 10-5/8%
National Research Service Award Program (42 USC 288(c)(4)(B)) 10-7/8% 11% 10-3/8% 10-5/8%
Table 2b - Interest Rates for Specific Legislation
(Updated January 2, 2013)
Legislation Rate
Effective
Apr - June
2012		 Effective
July - Sep
2012		 Effective
Oct - Dec
2012		 Effective
Jan - Mar
2013
Public Law 99-469 - Section 4(a) 1/8% 1/8% 1/8% 1/8%
Table 3 - Interest Rates for National Consumer Cooperative Bank
(Updated December 17, 2012)
Term (Tranche) Maturity or Next Interest Reset Date Applicable Treasury Rate Rate Adjustment Contract Interest Rate
Quarterly 03/15/2013 0.04% 1.00% 1.04%
2-year 12/15/2013 0.25% 1.00% 1.25%
3-year 12/15/2015 0.34% 1.00% 1.34%
7-year 12/15/2017 2.84% 1.00% 3.84%
10-year 12/15/2013 4.28% 1.00% 5.28%