basis point

noun

: one hundredth of one percent (as in the yield of an investment)

Examples of basis point in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The benchmark 10-year Indian government bond yield has fallen by 6 basis points over the past week to 6.38%, the lowest since December 2021. —Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025

Financial markets expect the U.S. central bank to resume cutting interest rates in June after pausing in January, and reduce its policy rate by 100 basis points this year. —Lucia Mutikani, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025

One of the biggest increases on record over the space of a week in long term Treasury yields — almost 50 basis points. —Steff Danielle Thomas, The Hill, 12 Apr. 2025

Triggered by a sell-off of Treasury bonds, the 10-year bond yield jumped by 17.2 basis points, briefly hitting 4.5%, the biggest hike in a year. —Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1962, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for basis point

• counterpoint
• disappoint
• multipoint
• needlepoint
• reappoint
• adjoint
• anoint
• appoint
• checkpoint
• conjoint
• disjoint
• endpoint