Registration No. 33-55561
Rule 424 (b)(2)
PRICING SUPPLEMENT No. 2 Dated October 13, 1994 (To Prospectus
dated September 23, 1994)
$2,500,000,000
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: $35,000,000
Price to Public: 100%
Proceeds to HFC: 99.4%
Issue Date: October 20, 1994
Stated Maturity: October 22, 2001
Redeemable On or After: Not Applicable
Interest Rate: 8.01%
Agent: Lehman Brothers, a division of Lehman Brothers
Holding, Inc.
Agent's Discount or Commission: .60% (sixty basis points)
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