Year lending rate minus treasury bill rate, % 2001 4.98557652435065 2004 3.24962731535803 2005 2.04681610983404 2006 1.6179221255606704 2007 2.5677503207611 2008 2.63306032821876 2009 3.53599754065056 2010 2.89237325223107 2011 2.1942342800389496 2012 2.2223141065471603 2013 2.4923611901260294 2014 2.88165214812624 2015 3.1210416554368097 2016 3.05751219016575 2017 3.0840828333333303 2018 2.8425000000000002 2019 2.53083333333334 2020 2.689166666666667 2021 2.648333333333333 2022 2.472499999999997 2023 2.49651822749485