Sentences with phrase «by a quarter of»

Although the move itself is minimal, with the Fed saying in a statement that it would lift its benchmark rate by a quarter of a percent, to between 0.25 percent and 0.5 percent, it has a huge symbolic value.

The Bank of Canada announced this morning that it is dropping its target interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 0.75 %.

The last time the U.S. went through a partial government paralysis in 1995 - 1996 — for roughly three weeks in two separate instances — economic growth slowed by a quarter of a percentage point during the last three months of 1995.

Just like it did a year ago, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday sent its key short - term interest rate up by a quarter of a percentage point.

Feb 02, 2017 In December 2015, the Federal Reserve raised the federal funds rate by a quarter of a percentage point.

The country's biggest banks raised their prime rates after the Bank of Canada hiked its overnight lending rate earlier this month by a quarter of a percentage point to 1.25 per cent.

The Federal Open Market Committee has raised its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, in its attempt to leave zero rates behind.

If the negative equity suffered by a quarter of U.S. homeowners can be saved, as the Fed claims it can, where should the line be drawn?

On the question of fascism, however, the facts of Gadamer's career under the Nazis (covered by a quarter of the book) do not lead us to any dramatic or even noteworthy conclusions.

In the FACT survey, which had seven categories, humanist (91 percent), earth - centered, theist and Christian were the top four in the same order as the 1997 survey, but Buddhist and Jewish were also picked by a quarter of the respondents.

However, I am hoping that if we look by quarters of the season that we are improving each quarter and for the final 4 games of the season we are somewhere between 10 - 15th in defense.

County lawmakers were hoping to be able to increase the sales tax by another quarter of a percent, but the request was turned down in Albany.

In fact, each tonne of nitrogen could lift the fish catch by a quarter of a tonne — a win - win solution.

Almost half the sample (46.4 %) reported ever using a new street drug, and the most commonly reported new drug used (by a quarter of the sample) was synthetic cannabinoids, commonly referred to as «Spice» and «K2» in the U.S.

The rate of paid maternity leave increased over the study period, but only by a quarter of a percent per year.

We sell fabric online by the quarter of a metre to allow you to purchase closer to the length that you need.

Impressively, attending the school with the strongest civic climate (where 85 percent of students listed voting as a component of good citizenship) rather than the school with the weakest civic climate (where 46 percent chose voting) increased anticipated participation by a quarter of a standard deviation, or by about twice the effect of the individual student's having listed voting as a component of good citizenship.

A spokesman for the Department for Education said: «More and more parents have the choice of a good school place thanks to our reforms - the number of children in failing secondary schools has fallen by a quarter of a million since 2010.

Ground clearance increases by a quarter of an inch, maximum fording depth increases by four inches to over 27 inches, and angles of departure, approach, and break - over all increase by one degree.

Digital and self - publishing were once words often be disregarded by some quarters of the publishing industry, questioned by others and looked upon as being the future by a few.

Usually, it will raise or lower rates by a quarter of a percent at a time.

As the nation's housing market continues to improve, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro announced today the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will reduce the annual premiums most borrowers will pay by a quarter of a percent.

The central bank cut its target for the overnight rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 0.5 per cent.

A few retail cards also increased rates by a quarter of a percent this week.

Federal Housing Administration officials announced today that they will reduce the annual mortgage insurance premium for FHA loans by a quarter of a percent.

Both issuers increased APRs by a quarter of a percent in response to the Federal Reserve's December 2017 rate hike.

These new MIP rates would have reduced the annual premiums by a quarter of one percentage point, bringing them in line with what rates were prior to pre-housing crisis levels of 2008.

TORONTO — Canada's biggest banks will hike their prime rate by a quarter of a percentage point on Thursday, putting financial pressure on homeowners with variable rate mortgages.

On the day of the interview with Thompson, buying a point on a fixed - rate loan lowered the rate by a quarter of a percentage point.

Perhaps the most significant influence on the stock market in January was a decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve to hike its federal funds rate on December 16 by a quarter of a percentage point to a range of.25 % to.50 %, the first hike in nearly a decade.

Meanwhile, it also nudged the APR on the BankAmericard Cash Rewards card up by a quarter of a percent.

The Federal Reserve has raised the discount rate by a quarter of a percent 7 times in the last 2 1/2 years.

For example, if rates rise by a quarter of a percent every six months, you'd end up with a mortgage balance of $ 302,209.

The Bank of Canada cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point twice in 2015 to help the economy deal with a plunge in oil prices, but it said Wednesday that adjustment has been made.

After seven years of very low interest rates, the Bank of Canada raised its key interest rate by another quarter of a percentage point, up to 1 per cent from 0.75 per cent.

On Dec. 27, the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that premium rates for mortgage insurance on loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration would drop by a quarter of a percentage point, bringing them in line with what rates were before the housing crash.

After seven years of very low interest rates, the Bank of Canada raised its key interest rate by another quarter of a percentage point, up to 1 % from 0.75 % this month.

Both issuers increased APRs by a quarter of a percent in response to the Federal Reserve's December 2017 rate hike.

When the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark rate by a quarter of a percent, most card issuers increased rates by the same amount.

Citi recently increased the APR on the ThankYou Preferred card by half a percentage point and then increased it again after the Federal Reserve hiked rates by a quarter of a percent.

Interest rates are expected to climb further over the next several weeks as more card issuers lift APRs by a quarter of a percent.

The regional TD Bank also boosted rates by a quarter of a percent, causing the national average APR to increase.

After the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percent in December 2015, most cards in the database hiked APRs by the same amount.

More than a month after the Federal Reserve increased its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percent, Chase hiked APRs on all new Chase cards by the same amount.

SunTrust Bank also increased rates by a quarter of a percent on some cards.

Interest rates increased on variable rate cards earlier this year after the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percent.

Walmart also increased the APR on the Walmart Mastercard by a quarter of a percent this week, causing its minimum APR to rise to 17.65 percent.

If architect and urbanist Richard Rogers's 1997 figures still hold, the world's cities are growing by a quarter of a million people a day.

Then it cools by a quarter of a degree.

Not only that, life is abundant where the pH changes by a quarter of a unit in a week.