Year lending rate minus treasury bill rate, % 1982 3.9200003306071007 1983 4.620000351799799 1984 4.480000347561299 1985 4.060000334845601 1986 4.9000003602769 1987 3.6400003221299997 1988 2.3800002839829997 1989 3.6400003221299997 1990 3.6400003221299997 1991 5.6500000953674 1992 5.7000000476837 1993 5.675859654523499 1994 6.1467623059324 1995 5.695846968362 1996 5.2591910606266 1997 4.982586110003799 1998 5.195111474028799 1999 5.071877641383001 2000 5.1715539440033 2001 4.6243803976043 2002 4.387913378312 2003 5.821981449527501 2004 4.964390752820901 2005 4.3939380792616 2006 4.3705898841823 2007 4.1052017024614695 2008 4.4141009360419 2009 3.6903700920516 2010 4.7493475073677 2011 4.4144525231277 2012 4.032196642267101 2013 3.952353294171809 2014 4.0718377079627 2015 4.84008333333333 2016 4.963333333333329 2017 6.6450000000000005 2018 6.996532