Year lending rate minus deposit rate, % 1982 4.129537244528941 1983 3.8828489221426503 1984 5.4833486880036695 1985 5.44810749909134 1986 6.041761546609401 1987 6.0600915464208205 1988 5.52071809298177 1989 6.371701543214981 1990 7.257926182360519 1991 7.128256465258549 1992 7.35826180727788 1993 8.0264842890491 1994 7.84796000286674 1995 6.7272942406935 1996 7.08583708452478 1997 7.079989586904951 1998 7.03388471098231 1999 7.087734725586551 2000 6.9259072515816 2001 7.06887879157594 2002 7.20825338941031 2003 7.27149468507464 2004 6.393033696862771 2005 6.69054697880844 2006 6.80861326364247 2007 6.7924846297503905 2008 6.73284952866692 2009 6.24720261439229 2010 6.312247137366439 2011 6.14432331331991 2012 6.5385272151940494 2013 6.706659313715761 2014 6.5089072274882 2015 7.18333333333333 2016 7.2225 2017 6.887499999999999 2018 6.66151633333333 2019 6.54737675 2020 6.2620426666666695 2021 5.924696249999999 2022 6.03290525 2023 5.92409975