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Rural Utilities Loan Interest Rates

Water & Environmental Programs

Telecommunications Program

Electric Programs

Hardship Loan Rate

On November 1, 1993, the Rural Electrification Loan Restructuring Act, Pub. L. 103-129, 107 Stat. 1356, (RELRA) amended the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 7 U.S.C. 901 et seq., (RE Act) to establish a new interest rate structure for insured electric loans. Insured electric loans approved on or after this date, are either municipal rate loans or hardship rate loans. Borrowers meeting the criteria set forth in §1714.8 are eligible for 5 percent hardship rate loans.

Treasury and Federal Financing Bank (FFB) Rates

The following list of interest rates for loans shall not constitute an offer or commitment to make a loan at these rates. The interest rates listed are illustrative only of the rates that would apply to funds advanced on the date identified here as the "Issue Date." These rates change daily.

Approximate Federal Financing Bank Loan Rates With Call Options

Track our progress in loan making throughout the fiscal year by looking at the latest BoxScore.  This document displays details of the various Electric Program loan offerings.

To obtain the latest Federal Reserve Statistical Release of daily interest rates, you may use this link to go to the Federal Reserve Bank, where that information is available.

Municipal Interest Rates for the 4th Quarter of CY 2026

In accordance with 7 CFR 1714.5, the interest rates are established as shown in the following table for all interest rate terms that begin at any time during the fourth quarter of calendar year 2026.

Municipal Interest Rates 

for the 4th Quarter of 2026

Interest Rate Term Ends in (year...)RUS rate (0.000 percent)

2027

2.500

2028

2.625

2029

2.625

2030

2.750

2031

2.875

2032

3.000

2033

3.125

2034

3.250

2035

3.375

2036

3.500

2037

3.500

2038

3.625

2039

3.750

2040

3.750

2041

3.875

2042

4.000

2043

4.125

2044

4.125

2045

4.250

2046

4.375

2047 or later

4.750