Year lending rate minus treasury bill rate, % 1998 14.9375 2000 2.0702777777778003 2001 -2.0437499999999993 2002 -2.8377777777777986 2003 9.3753828546358 2004 9.708897792839998 2005 10.37133333333337 2006 3.510500000000002 2007 4.3556666666666 2008 4.549999999999999 2009 5.0848773915039995 2010 4.270207903780101 2011 3.8581560318723014 2012 11.543994195504322 2013 11.194672199648469 2014 9.47096925543975 2015 9.00108333333333 2016 5.911003276545799 2017 2.5869215595905004 2018 6.7455691351682 2019 6.2332594850595004 2020 7.70305334026812 2021 5.379872080857201 2022 4.677890143908201 2023 5.7969910476542985