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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Fed officials at their December meeting penciled in the equivalent of two cuts this year, assuming quarter percentage point moves.
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
With about 10 months until the election, Democrat Abigail Spanberger is leading Sears by 1 percentage point in a poll with a 3-point margin of error.
—Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Jan. 2025
However, yields have soared since late September, just after the Federal Reserve took the unusual step of lowering its benchmark borrowing rate by a half percentage point.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 1 Jan. 2025
In recent months, the Fed has cut its benchmark rate three-quarters of a percentage point, dialing back its fight against inflation and delivering some relief for borrowers saddled with high costs.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 27 Dec. 2024
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
With about 10 months until the election, Democrat Abigail Spanberger is leading Sears by 1 percentage point in a poll with a 3-point margin of error.
—Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Jan. 2025
However, yields have soared since late September, just after the Federal Reserve took the unusual step of lowering its benchmark borrowing rate by a half percentage point.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 1 Jan. 2025
In recent months, the Fed has cut its benchmark rate three-quarters of a percentage point, dialing back its fight against inflation and delivering some relief for borrowers saddled with high costs.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Percentage point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/percentage%20point. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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