Year lending rate minus treasury bill rate, % 1980 1.5612958003800603 1981 2.03548967099065 1982 2.03548967099065 1983 2.03548967099065 1984 2.9838774122118306 1985 4.485491335812 1986 4.880652894654199 1987 4.880652894654199 1988 4.485491335812 1989 4.880652894654199 1990 4.880652894654199 1991 4.798371794722099 1992 4.2639278486122 1993 3.7793002918515004 1994 4.4438238701199 1995 4.391175106269801 1996 4.4249120870646 1997 4.664852554343399 1998 4.9219900262067 1999 4.7084935977054005 2000 4.6037230434773 2001 3.5763667509905996 2002 3.3931185762886003 2003 5.049739772386831 2004 3.2524673963376003 2005 3.0349577016759 2006 2.3007528166440405 2007 2.278149523987169 2008 1.7023460540426392 2009 1.898144946168081 2010 1.8668100402748298 2011 2.6950879142983695 2012 1.9839888541387207 2013 2.02635361152344