CPF INTEREST RATE AND HDB MORTGAGE RATE FROM 1 JANUARY 2006 TO 31 MARCH 2006
	News Release by: Central Provident Fund Board Housing & Development Board 18 Nov 2005 --
	The CPF Board will continue to pay interest to its members at the rate of 2.50% per annum for CPF savings in their Ordinary Account from 1 January 2006 to 31 March 2006. The CPF interest rate is reviewed quarterly.
	The computed CPF interest rate, derived from the major local banks’ interest rates for the three-month period, 1 August 2005 to 31 October 2005, works out to be 0.62% per annum. However, the Board will be paying the higher rate of 2.50% per annum as the CPF Act provides for a minimum CPF interest rate of 2.50% per annum. This minimum rate is higher than the 12-month fixed deposit and savings rates of the major local banks for the August 2005 to October 2005 period.
	Savings in the Medisave Account, Special Account and Retirement Account will earn interest at 4.00% per annum. This is 1.5 percentage points higher than that for the Ordinary Account. The concessionary interest rate for HDB mortgage loan, which is pegged at 0.1 percentage point above the CPF interest rate for the Ordinary Account, will remain unchanged at 2.60% per annum from 1 January 2006 to 31 March 2006. The next revision of the CPF interest rate will be made on 1 April 2006. The detailed computations of the CPF interest rate and the HDB mortgage loan interest rate are given in the Annex.
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	Members with enquiries may call the CPF Call Centre on 1800-227 1188
	ANNEX :
	COMPUTATION OF CPF INTEREST RATE AND HDB MORTGAGE RATE FOR JANUARY 2006 TO MARCH 2006 12-MONTH DEPOSIT RATE (% PA)       SAVINGS RATE (% PA) AVERAGE 80FD:20SD (% PA) MONTH/YEAR DBS   (1) OCBC   (2) UOB   (3) DBS   (4) OCBC   (5) UOB   (6) 31 Aug 05 0.6250 0.7000 0.7000 0.2000 0.2500 0.2500 0.5867 30 Sep 05 0.6250 0.7000 0.7000 0.2000 0.2500 0.2500 0.5867 31 Oct 05 0.8250 0.7000 0.8250 0.3500 0.2500 0.2500 0.6833 (A) NORMAL CPF INTEREST RATE               Average for 3 months (AUG 2005 TO OCT 2005) (Using the 80 FD : 20 SD formula) 0.62% (computed interest rate)           CPF Interest Rate for JAN 2006 TO MAR 2006 2.50% (legislated minimum rate)         (B) HDB MORTGAGE RATE               CPF Interest Rate for JAN 2006 TO MAR 2006 2.50%     Plus: Fee to cover Cost of Loan Administration 0.10%               --------     HDB Mortgage Rate for JAN 2006 TO MAR 2006 2.60%       --------           NOTES: (1) Balances between $20,000 to < $50,000 (2) Balances less than $50,000 (For 31 Aug and 30 Sep 05)      Up to $50,000 (For 31 Oct 05) (3) Balances < $50,000 (4) Balances > $3,000 to $50,000 (AUTO-SAVE Account) (5) Balances > $5,000 to $50,000 (EASI-SAVE Account) (6) Balances > $3,000 to < $50,000 (UNIPLUS Account)