Year lending rate minus treasury bill rate, % 1982 3.684890795448 1983 3.9529142374335002 1984 4.7123139897257005 1985 4.265608253083199 1986 4.488127788071069 1987 4.756984563389899 1988 4.756984563389899 1989 4.756984563389899 1990 4.756984563389899 1991 4.7163014829248 1992 5.048169845390101 1993 5.523824539123799 1994 5.2104913178287 1995 5.1007436413857 1996 5.0303325301194 1997 4.773059710020899 1998 4.872560046620199 1999 4.995673072167699 2000 5.280800532267699 2001 4.739749499069299 2002 4.5728957217648 2003 5.1007049422952 2004 2.5414409320325593 2005 3.518175904598209 2006 3.1024012215702594 2007 2.768012472333739 2008 2.6640463881654703 2009 3.6192940627616004 2010 3.0550139885083105 2011 2.4403796549299397 2012 4.697148535876121 2013 6.2665433526777505 2014 6.96179980862692 2015 5.42741666666666 2016 4.8475 2017 6.1899999999999995 2018 5.962219916666671