Year	Rate		Year	Rate		Year	Rate		Year	Rate
1973	7.60		1982	12.23		1991	5.71		2000	5.89
1974	10.79		1983	8.58		1992	3.36		2001	3.67
1975	6.39		1984	10.04		1993	2.70		2002	1.29
1976	5.11		1985	7.71		1994	3.75		2003	0.64
1977	4.92		1986	6.26		1995	5.48		2004	0.82
1978	7.25		1987	6.12		1996	4.95		2005	2.66
1979	10.92		1988	7.11		1997	5.10		2006	4.51
1980	12.68		1989	8.87		1998	5.04		2007	4.70
1981	16.82		1990	7.82		1999	4.64		2008	2.05
Source: Albert J. Fredman, “A closer look at money market funds,’’ American Association of Individual Investors Journal, February 1997, pp. 22–27; and the 2010 Statistical Abstract of the United States.