CPF INTEREST RATE AND HDB MORTGAGE RATE FROM 1 OCTOBER 2006 TO 31 DECEMBER 2006
	News Release by: Central Provident Fund Board Housing & Development Board 17 August 2006 --
	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 October 2006 to 31 December 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 May 2006 to 31 July 2006, works out to be 0.74% 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 May 2006 to July 2006 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 October 2006 to 31 December 2006. The next revision of the CPF interest rate will be made on 1 January 2007. The detailed computations of the CPF interest rate and the HDB mortgage loan interest rate are given in the Annex.
	PUBLIC ENQUIRIES
	Members with enquiries may call the CPF Call Centre on 1800-227 1188.
	ANNEX :
	COMPUTATION OF CPF INTEREST RATE AND HDB MORTGAGE RATE FOR OCTOBER 2006 TO DECEMBER 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 May 06 0.8250 0.8250 0.8250 0.3500 0.5000 0.3000 0.7367 30 Jun 06 0.8250 0.8250 0.8250 0.3500 0.5000 0.3000 0.7367 31 Jul 06 0.8250 0.8250 0.8250 0.3500 0.5000 0.3000 0.7367 (A) NORMAL CPF INTEREST RATE               Average for 3 months (MAY 2006 TO JUL 2006) (Using the 80 FD : 20 SD formula) 0.74% (computed interest rate)           CPF Interest Rate for OCT 2006 TO DEC 2006 2.50% (legislated minimum rate)         (B) HDB MORTGAGE RATE               CPF Interest Rate for OCT 2006 TO DEC 2006 2.50%     Plus: Fee to cover Cost of Loan Administration 0.10%               -------     HDB Mortgage Rate for OCT 2006 TO DEC 2006 2.60%       -------           NOTES: (1) Balances between $20,000 to < $50,000 (2) Balances > $20,000 to $50,000 (3) Balances < $50,000 (4) Balances > $3,000 to $50,000 (AUTO-SAVE Account) (5) Balances > $10,000 to $50,000 (EASI-SAVE Account) (6) Balances > $3,000 to <$50,000 (UNIPLUS Account)         The CPF interest rate at 2.5% per annum remains higher than the 12-month fixed deposit and savings rates of major local banks for the three-month period of 1 May to 31 July 2006.