Year lending rate minus treasury bill rate, % 2001 6.0960785119048 2002 6.387334524537398 2003 8.917256436379398 2004 13.36269123107121 2005 13.93380344859686 2006 11.65992381987185 2007 11.42687703459347 2008 9.36170272107147 2009 9.344860947220292 2010 8.614601736949602 2011 8.227973785416898 2012 7.4342307381834996 2013 6.697741534643571 2014 8.60702498493112 2015 4.6945428177529 2016 7.525504447966631 2017 7.677893342499571 2018 6.57465026113733 2019 6.10504728650153 2020 5.79772968557314 2021 3.9630658123022497 2022 1.131463956637301 2023 1.2525890680976008