Sentences with phrase «about cents per point»

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On Wednesday afternoon, the benchmark U.S. 10 - year bond was yielding 2.35 per cent, up 15 basis points from before the Fed statement and up sharply from about 1.6 per cent at the beginning of May.

But the analysis says raising the work - force participation rate of women by 4.5 percentage points by 2032 would lift Canada's potential growth to about 1.9 per cent.

Ultra high - definition screens have fallen around 85 per cent in the past two years, to the point where they're just about affordable for the average household.

At about the same time, APRA acted to ensure that the interest rate «buffer» used in the serviceability assessments for all loans was at least 2 percentage points above the relevant benchmark rate (with an interest rate floor of at least 7 per cent).

Roughly 82 per cent of the prime - age population is now employed, about 13 percentage points higher than 40 years ago.

At present, the price is a little over US$ 290 per ounce, about 15 per cent above the recent low point but about 30 per cent below the most recent peak of US$ 415 per ounce (Graph B1).

The weighted average of the MERs charged by the component ETFs works out to about 21 basis points per year, which means the Sleepy Portfolio costs about $ 275 every year or about 75 cents a day — less than half the cost of a large double - double these days.

The CPP premium rate hike for most proposed reforms is about 3 percentage points on top of the current 9.9 per cent rate.

The S&P 500 finished 19.42 points lower at 2,043.94 on the day, enough to put it about three - quarters of a per cent in the red for the year.

Bond yields in Japan have increased by about 110 basis points since mid year, to 1.5 per cent.

The predominant standard variable rate on housing loans has fallen by about 3 percentage points since early 1996, to 7.5 per cent.

Again, empirical work suggests that, at current levels of approvals and credit growth, a once - only 10 per cent decline in approvals would reduce the monthly rate of credit growth by around 0.3 of a percentage point after about three months (Graph C3).

This saw the cash rate move above its target of 5 per cent for a time, and the yield on Treasury Notes, which are eligible for purchase by the Reserve Bank in the course of its market operations, move to 50 basis points below that for bank bills (from normally about 10 basis points below).

This number has since grown rapidly, to the point that in 1980 there are estimated to be 200 million Christians (or about 45 per cent of the population).

If Marcie's # 225 earnings are derived from being on or near the minimum wage, then there is a double hit for her because she also can not salary sacrifice to save 12 per cent National Insurance, if such an arrangement would take her pay below the level of the applicable minimum wage rate (# 7.83 per hour in 2018/19 for those aged 25 and over).3 Anne Fairpo said: «One of the concerns about allowing the lowest earners to sacrifice salary has been the risk of their pay dropping below the point at which entitlement to contributory benefits is triggered (the Lower Earnings Limit - # 116 per week in 2018/19).

Mr Davis pointed out government ministers state 95 per cent of benefit fraud is caused by people lying about their circumstances, not their identity.

He brushed off the report's concerns about a lack of commitment to the long - term legacy of the Games, pointing out that 75 per cent of spending is on regeneration and legacy.

The parties in the coalition enjoy a combined opinion poll lead of about 20 points over Labour, with the Tories two to six per cent higher than their general election score.»

There are four national polls published today, and they all point to a vote share of about 39 per cent for the Conservatives and about 31 per cent for Labour.

An Ipsos Mori poll of the marginals for Reuters, just out, but conducted between 30 March and 5 April, roughly translates into a 5.5 per cent swing from Labour to Conservatives, equivalent to about an eight point lead for the Conservatives over Labour nationally.

The researchers point out that the concentration of relaxin in the blood rises during the first trimester of pregnancy, when a woman's heart rate increases by about 40 per cent.

«What we also found was that about one in 10 students reported having self - harmed at some point in their life with around one in 12 (8.4 per cent) saying they had self - harmed in the previous 12 months,» he said.

The RBC Fare Tracker points to WestJet Airlines (TSX: WJA) fares falling about 9.5 per cent in the first quarter, with Air Canada (TSX: AC) fares decreasing 3.7 per cent.

Cash accounted for about 44 per cent of the transactions, down about 10 percentage points from a 2009 review.

At one point, S&P 500 funds were down more than 10 per cent from their peak, something that investors haven't had to deal with in about two years.

You can stretch your points even further if you redeem them internationally instead of domestically, though the difference is only about 0.1 cents per point.

At a 10 - year Treasury yield of 1.7 %, interest on reserves of 0.25 %, and a monetary base now at about 18 cents per dollar of nominal GDP (see Run, Don't Walk), further purchases of long - term Treasury securities by the Fed would produce net losses for the Fed in any scenario where yields rise more than about 20 basis points a year, or the Fed ever has to unwind any portion of its already massive positions.

On average, cardholders can expect to receive about 1 cent per point, although this can vary from card to card.

Every dollar of airfare requires about 78 points, which works out to a value of about 1.3 cents per point.

Most hotels are available at a rate of about 0.4 cents per point, with some getting closer to 0.55 cents per point like Hilton.

VICTORIA — About three per cent of residential real estate transactions last month in Metro Vancouver involved foreign buyers, a decline of more than 10 percentage points since the B.C. government intervened with a new tax.

Anyone curious about why Stephen Harper's Conservatives seem so eager to please older voters need only consider the following data from Statistics Canada: In 2011, the voter turnout rate was about 50 per cent among people aged 18 to 24, a few percentage points higher among 25 - to 34 - year - olds, but leapt to 70 per cent for 45 - to 54 - year - olds, and crested at a remarkable 82 per cent among potential voters between 65 and 74.

The inflows boosted assets among inverse ETFs by 30 per cent to about US$ 6 billion, with the group poised to close a deficit held versus long ETFs that at its worst point swelled to more than US$ 8 billion last year.

Instead of paying the Canadian average of 2.2 per cent in mutual fund Management Expense Ratios (MERs), a typical robo service charges just 0.5 per cent of assets under management (annually), plus the MERs of the underlying ETFs, which can range from 8 basis points to about 55 basis points, depending on products selected.

He could lose 15 per cent of the difference between $ 81,800 and the OAS clawback start point, about $ 74,000, that's $ 1,170 dollars, then pay 20 per cent tax on the balance, leaving him with about $ 6,000 a month to spend.

About 33 per cent of the Canadians polled said they wouldn't do any online shopping this holiday season, which was down five percentage points compared to last year.

: While this card provides a variety of ways to accumulate points, its formula is not as generous or easy to calculate as what you will find with other rewards cards that view one point as equivalent to 1 % back, or about 1 cent per point.

A very poor redemption (such as for cash - back) will result in a value of about 0.5 cents per point.

As Rosenberg points out, momentum has stalled, with the average stocks now off about 6 per cent from their 52 - week highs, while earnings forecasts are being pared back.

If mortgage rates rise by 2 percentage points, mid-income to mid-to-high income families may have to cut about 10 per cent from other expenditures if they want to maintain the same level of spending on shelter, taxes, food and transportation, the report said.

According to Bloomberg in 2010, «Oaktree's 17 distressed - debt funds have averaged annual gains of 19 per cent after fees for the past 22 years — about 7 percentage points better than its peers».

When I compared the price of the packages to the number of points required, I found that it returned about 1.8 cents per point, which is well above average.

«That will make your points worth about 1.5 cents per point.»

I've got bonus offers from Citibank for extra ThankYou points, which are also guaranteed to be worth 1.6 cents per point on any American flight until July 2017 (and I don't have to worry about non-existent availability).

Generally, redeeming TrueBlue points will return a better value of about 1.5 cents per mile.

I can usually get 2.5 cents per point in value from SPG's Starpoints, so my «return on investment» is about 1.3 cents on every point earned through manufactured spend, or 110 % (net gain divided by cost).

Redeeming 3,500 points will earn you a coupon worth $ 50 toward + VIP Access hotels, which equates to a value of about 1.43 cents per point.

At 1.6 cents per point, that's like getting a $ 100 ticket for the equivalent of about 6250 Alaska Airlines miles.

A really poor redemption, such as redeeming points for purchases at Amazon, has a value of about 0.5 cents per point.

Here at Travel Codex, our fearless leader Scott puts Starpoints at about 2.5 cents per point so let's use that as the basis for our calculations.