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Registration No. 33-51451
Rule 424 (b)(2)
PRICING SUPPLEMENT No. 7 Dated January 12, 1994 (To Prospectus
dated December 30, 1993)
$2,000,000,000
H O U S E H O L D F I N A N C E C O R P O R A T I O N
Medium Term Notes
Due Nine Months or More from Date of Issue
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Principal Amount: $50,000,000
Issue Date: January 20, 1994
Stated Maturity: January 20, 1995
Maximum Rate: Not Applicable Minimum Rate: 0.00%
Redeemable On: Not Applicable
Initial Interest Rate: 3.50%
Interest Rate Basis: Prime Rate
Spread or Spread Multiplier: Minus 2.50% (-250 basis points).
Interest Payment Dates: On the 20th of April, July and October
1994, and the Stated Maturity.
Record Dates: The date fifteen (15) calendar days (whether or
not a Business Day) prior to each Interest Payment Date or the
Stated Maturity, as the case may be.
Interest Reset Date: Each Business Day, to but excluding the
Stated Maturity, except that the Interest Rate in effect two
Business Days before an Interest Payment Date or the Stated
Maturity shall be the Interest Rate to but excluding said
Interest Payment Date or Stated Maturity Date, as the case
may be.
Interest Determination Date: The Business Day preceding each
Interest Reset Date.
Index Maturity: One Business Day.
Calculation Agent: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
Agent's Discount or Commission: .04%
SPECIAL PROVISION
Notwithstanding the Prospectus, interest on the Notes will accrue
from, and including, the Issue Date, if interest has not been paid,
or from, and including, the preceding Interest Payment Date, to,
but excluding, the next succeeding Interest Payment Date or the
Stated Maturity, as the case may be.
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