Year lending rate minus treasury bill rate, % 1996 -14.343075659325294 1997 -5.506425715789597 1998 -26.831787992813496 1999 -31.502949041583598 2000 -5.407129829595199 2001 3.4970497983031024 2002 16.410533756366 2003 10.2236709241655 2004 13.85848888815153 2005 13.05751536881258 2006 13.956070321462091 2007 15.78866595689627 2008 11.127941812934202 2009 13.917203076648201 2010 13.328516057359902 2011 8.1930905874496 2012 13.0911289652498 2013 12.808067351222999 2014 10.67778864619639 2015 10.867730969184299 2016 15.017161068319751 2017 14.775485111627638 2018 13.92652299779148 2019 13.930781588215519 2020 11.164393429942312 2021 9.542243831791831 2022 10.56385843916915 2023 10.6358652071561