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Registration No. 333-82119
Rule 424(b)(2)
PRICING SUPPLEMENT No. 13 Dated April 19, 2000
(To Prospectus dated July 22, 1999)
$7,500,000,000
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
Principal Amount: $35,000,000
Price to Public: 100% Proceeds to HFC: 99.917%
Issue Date: April 25, 2000 Stated Maturity: April 25, 2003
Redeemable On or After: Not Applicable
Initial Interest Rate: To be determined on April 24, 2000
Interest Rate Basis: Federal Funds Rate.
Spread or Spread Multiplier: Plus .45% ( +45 basis points)
Interest Payment Dates: On the 25th of April, July, October,
January of each year, commencing July 25, 2000, and the Stated
Maturity.
Regular Record Date: 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: On each Business Day, except that the
Interest Rate in effect for the two Business Days before an
Interest Payment Date or the Stated Maturity Date shall be the
Interest Rate in effect on the second Business Day prior to said
Interest Payment Date or Stated Maturity Date,
as the case may be.
Interest Determination Date: On the Business Day prior to each
Interest Reset Date.
Index Maturity: Daily.
Agent: Merrill Lynch & Co., as Principal - $10,000,000
Chase Securities Inc. - $25,000,000
Agent's Discount or Commission: .083%
