Sentences with phrase «by a full percentage point over»

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The rate of new firms entering the marketplace has fallen by nearly half over the 40 - year period from 1978 to 2012, to 8 percent, compared with a steadily increasing rate of new firm closures, up two full percentage points, to about 10 percent, over the same period, according to the Brookings Institution, a policy think tank.

Underscoring the mixed - to - lower tone that emerged over the course of the day — not only was the NASDAQ off by nearly 50 points at its nadir — but the small - cap Russell 2000 had turned down by more than a full percentage points, as well, as losing stocks held a strong lead over gaining issues throughout.

It has beaten the S&P 500 by three full percentage points a year, on an annualized basis since inception, making it the number one fund in its Large Blend category which includes over a thousand other funds.

Rent growth is pacing almost a full percentage point behind the overall rate of inflation, which stands at 2.4 percent as of the latest data release, and is even further behing the growth in average hourly earnings which have increased by 2.7 percent over the past twelve months.

Even just reducing fees by half a percentage point instead of a full percentage point makes a big difference over time on a straight - line basis.

Freddie Mac is projecting that mortgage interest rates will increase by almost a full percentage point over the next 12 months.

For the purposes of this illustration, over the full 24 - year period, Portfolio A outperformed Portfolios B and C by 210 and 321 percentage points, respectively.