Year lending rate minus deposit rate, % 1995 7.961337537469501 1996 7.772110894776901 1997 7.478333333333399 1998 7.888333333333349 1999 8.06682611893649 2000 8.49124999999998 2001 8.091128336879901 2002 7.71666474769962 2003 7.181954620302269 2004 6.53041666666668 2005 6.93897428074679 2006 6.82573367682587 2007 6.379649999999985 2008 6.233450162471735 2009 6.248601307196145 2010 6.122499999999971 2011 6.139774554989355 2012 6.25 2013 6.023547271212221 2014 6.05833333333333 2015 6.233874999999995 2016 6.311249999999999 2017 6.0237875 2018 5.311149126654231 2019 5.77950386521619 2020 5.50416666666667 2021 5.373684750000001 2022 5.31147208333333 2023 5.222942375000015