percentage point
noun
: one hundredth of a whole : percent
interest rates rose one percentage point from 6.5 percent to 7.5 percent
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On Friday, though, traders were seeing roughly a coin flip’s chance that the Fed will deliver a large cut of half a percentage point, instead of the more traditional quarter of a point, according to data from CME Group.
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Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2024
The benchmark 10-year note last yielded about 3.7%, down more than three-quarters of a percentage point since early July.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2024
Goldman Sachs economists estimated that every one percentage point increase in the effective tariff rate could raise core inflation as measured by the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index by a tenth of a percentage point.
—Elisabeth Buchwald and Matt Egan, CNN, 10 Sep. 2024
Throughout the year, Biden trailed Trump by anywhere from half a percentage point to almost four points.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2024
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Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2024
The benchmark 10-year note last yielded about 3.7%, down more than three-quarters of a percentage point since early July.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2024
Goldman Sachs economists estimated that every one percentage point increase in the effective tariff rate could raise core inflation as measured by the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index by a tenth of a percentage point.
—Elisabeth Buchwald and Matt Egan, CNN, 10 Sep. 2024
Throughout the year, Biden trailed Trump by anywhere from half a percentage point to almost four points.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Percentage point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/percentage%20point. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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