"Figure 4: New method rates of return on bonds (nominal prices), UK 1998 to 2012","" "","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","Bonds issued by banks","Bonds issued by OFIs","Bonds issued by PNFCs","Sterling Bank rate","Bonds issued by CG" "1998","7.1","7.4","7.9","7.2","8.1" "1999","6.3","6.5","6.9","5.3","7.3" "2000","6.8","7","7.4","6","7.3" "2001","6.2","6.4","6.9","5.1","6.8" "2002","5.9","6.1","6.5","4","6.4" "2003","6","6.2","6.6","3.7","6.4" "2004","6.6","6.8","7.5","4.4","5.9" "2005","6.5","6.7","7.1","4.6","5.8" "2006","6.5","6.7","7","4.6","5.4" "2007","7.1","7.3","6.6","5.5","5.7" "2008","5.8","6","6.1","4.7","5.4" "2009","4.2","4.4","4.8","0.6","3.8" "2010","3.8","4","5.1","0.5","4.8" "2011","3.3","3.5","4.4","0.5","4.7" "2012","3.6","3.8","4.6","0.5","4"