Semi-Annual Interest Rate Certification
Calendar Year 2008
In February 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.
| Legislation | Effective Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan - Jun 2008 | Jul - Dec 2008 | |
| National Housing Act - Section 221(g)(4) | 4-1/8% | 3-7/8% |
| National Housing Act - Section 224 | 4-1/2% | 4-5/8% |
| Alaska Native Claims Act - Public Law 94-204, Section 2(b) | 1.90% | 0.11% |
| Prompt Payment Act / Contract Disputes Act | 4-3/4% | 5.125% |