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Registration No. 333-82119
Rule 424(b)(2)
PRICING SUPPLEMENT No. 8 Dated March 27, 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: $50,000,000
Price to Public: 100% Proceeds to HFC: 100%
Issue Date: March 30, 2000 Stated Maturity: March 30, 2001
Redeemable On or After: Not Applicable
Initial Interest Rate: To be determined on March 28, 2000
Interest Rate Basis: Treasury Rate.
Spread or Spread Multiplier: Plus .53% ( +53 basis points)
Interest Payment Dates: On the 30th of June, September, December
and March of each year, commencing June 30, 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: Weekly (the Tuesday of each week, except if
the Interest Determination Date would otherwise fall on an Interest
Reset Date, then such Interest Reset Date will be postponed to the
next succeeding Business Day).
Interest Determination Date: The day of the week in which the
Interest Reset Date falls on which day Treasury bills are normally
auctioned; provided, however, that if an auction is held on the
Friday of the week preceding the Interest Reset Date, the Interest
Determination Date will be such preceding Friday.
Index Maturity: Three months.
Agent: Not Applicable.
Agent's Discount or Commission: Not Applicable.