Year lending rate minus deposit rate, % 1988 5.7851254124438345 1989 6.782247682776765 1990 6.9840201373899 1991 6.908000536128735 1992 7.459750268772964 1993 7.730565045500979 1994 7.88648000143337 1995 8.712616013393731 1996 7.92790010643235 1997 8.0302144349956 1998 8.667499999999999 1999 8.150833333333331 2000 8.34916666666667 2001 8.0041666666667 2002 7.7191666666667 2003 7.984999999999999 2004 7.2847233835549705 2005 7.546057315758475 2006 6.97824008781973 2007 6.91461110219025 2008 6.825097534222611 2009 7.33071957205894 2010 7.406263421662301 2011 7.178016925076825 2012 6.998383013249286 2013 6.861786361756595 2014 6.782183491956465 2015 7.159124999999994 2016 7.570323937005245 2017 7.5275 2018 7.107563019084459 2019 6.791108124999999 2020 6.384446695820095 2021 6.073333333333331 2022 5.98958333333333 2023 5.835000000000029