Year lending rate minus treasury bill rate, % 1994 37.6816666666666 1995 26.5041666666667 1996 36.0325 1997 36.3991666666667 1998 27.08 1999 21.304166666666703 2000 23.602500000000003 2001 8.5815497595031 2002 8.226879017288299 2003 7.738633103068471 2004 7.0585047505217196 2005 11.651278118333959 2006 7.3330231840521005 2007 6.824610795112589 2008 5.56412963796034 2009 9.49632238910303 2010 9.839983175120286 2011 10.453916047892836 2012 10.611915853100676 2013 9.95908627592388 2014 7.7165674767260395 2015 7.499164907818901 2016 7.7348260611799695 2017 7.76099203240817