Monthly Interest Rate Certification
March 2020
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 U.S. Department of Treasury certifies these rates for the month of March 2020.
The following tables contain rates certified for Treasury loans to government agencies.
The following tables contain rates certified by the U.S. Department of the Treasury for various statutory purposes.
- Table 1 & Table 2 - Treasury Loans to Government Agencies
- Table 4 - Guam Development Fund Act
- Table 5 - Department of Defense Arms Export Control
- Table 6 - Other Specific Legislation
Table 1 - March 2020 Specific Maturities
(Updated March 2, 2020)
| Maturity |
Used for
February 2020
|
Indicated for March 2020 |
Changes |
| 1 year |
1-1/2% |
1-1/2% |
unch |
| 5 years |
1-5/8% |
1-3/8% |
-1/4% |
| 15 years |
2% |
1-3/4% |
-1/4% |
| 20 years |
2-1/8% |
1-7/8% |
-1/4% |
Table 2 - March 2020 Range of Maturities
(Updated March 2, 2020)
| From and Including |
Up to but NOT Including |
Rate |
| 0 years - 3 months |
0 years - 6 months |
1-5/8% |
| 0 years - 6 months |
1 year - 10 months |
1-1/2% |
| 1 year - 10 months |
5 year - 1 month |
1-3/8% |
| 5 year - 1 month |
8 years - 1 month |
1-1/2% |
| 8 years - 1 month |
12 years - 5 months |
1-5/8% |
| 12 years - 5 months |
16 years - 6 months |
1-3/4% |
| 16 years - 6 months |
20 years - 8 months |
1-7/8% |
| 20 years - 8 months |
25 years - 11 months |
2% |
| 25 years - 11 months |
30 years - 1 day |
2-1/8% |
Table 3 - March 2020 Other Treasury Borrowing Authorities
(Updated March 3, 2020)
| Legislation |
Rate |
| Federal Railroad Administration - Settlement of RR Litigation |
1.51% |
| Ocean Freight Differential |
1.51% |
| Tennessee Valley Authority |
1-5/8% |
Table 4 -
March 2020
Guam Development Fund Act
(Updated March 2, 2020)
| Range of Maturities |
| From and Including |
Up to but NOT Including |
Rate |
| 0 years - 3 months |
0 years - 5 months |
1-1/4% |
| 0 years - 5 months |
0 years - 8 months |
1-1/8% |
| 0 years - 8 months |
1 year - 3 months |
1% |
| 1 year - 3 months |
5 years - 9 months |
7/8% |
| 5 years - 9 months |
8 years - 1 month |
1% |
| 8 years - 1 month |
11 years - 11 months |
1-1/8% |
| 11 years - 11 months |
15 years - 7 months |
1-1/4% |
| 15 years - 7 months |
19 years - 3 months |
1-3/8% |
| 19 years - 3 months |
23 years - 0 months |
1-1/2% |
| 23 years - 0 months |
25 years - 1 day |
1-5/8% |
Table 5 - March 2020 Department of Defense Arms Export Control Act
(Updated March 2, 2020)
With respect to a monthly interest rate to be charged by the Department of Defense on delinquent payments due on Foreign Military Sales under the provisions of Section 21 and 22 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(d) and 2762(a)), the interest rate for the month of
February 2020
is 1.27% and 4% should be added to this rate.
For direct Foreign Military Sales credits with 30-year repayment provisions, the interest rate is 1-3/4%.
The following rates apply for the placement of Foreign Military Sales direct credits.
| From and Including |
Up to but NOT Including |
Rate |
| 5 years - 0 months |
6 years - 6 months |
1% |
| 6 years - 6 months |
10 years - 0 months |
1-1/8% |
| 10 years - 0 months |
12 years - 1 day |
1-1/4% |
Table 6 - March 2020 Other Specific Legislation
(Updated March 3, 2020)
| Legislation |
Rate |
| Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act |
2-7/8% |
| Housing Act of 1937, Public and Indian Housing |
1-1/2% |
| Housing Act of 1949, Rural Housing Service - 25 year rate |
2% |
| Housing Act of 1949, Rural Housing Service - 5 year rate |
1-3/8% |
| Housing and Urban Development Acts of 1968 and 1970 |
1-5/8% |
| Housing and Urban Development Housing Assistance Program |
1-1/2% |
| Indian Financing Act of 1974 |
1-7/8% |
| Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 |
1-5/8% |
