March 30, 2021 Applicable Interest Rates after Review of Interest Rates for Local Government Loans of Postal Savings Assets and Simple Life Insurance Assets

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has decided on the applicable interest rates for postal savings assets and simple life insurance assets after reviewing the interest rates for local public entity loans and notified the Organization for Postal Savings, Postal Life Insurance and Post Office Network of the same.

Effective from:
April 1, 2021

Review of five-year interest rates

[Unit: %]

Loan period Deferment period
No fixed period Within one year Over one year and up to 2 years Over two years and up to 3 years Over three years and up to 4 years Over four years and up to 5 years
Over 15 and up to 16 years 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001
Over 16 and up to 21 years 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002
Over 21 and up to 30 years 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.003
  • *
    The corresponding interest rate in the above table is applied according to the initial loan period and deferment period.

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