Sentences with phrase «cents per point rate»

The cheapest roundtrip flight in economy is $ 622 or 41,494 points with Reserve at a 1.5 cents per point rate or 49,792 points with Preferred at a 1.25 cents per point rate

But by booking that same flight through Chase using Chase points at the 1.5 cents per point rate, that same itinerary is only 23,333 points.

If you happen to be an owner of the Chase Freedom card or another card that earns Ultimate Rewards, you can transfer all of those points onto the Sapphire Preferred account and up the amount your points are worth beyond the 1 cent per point rate.

I don't like that Uber credits can only be used in the US but it's great that you can also use your points earned for other redemptions, such as gift cards, statement credits, or bank deposits in $ 25 increments and at a 1 cent per point rate.

With the less than one - cent per point rate, you'd need to spend at least $ 600 a month to offset the fee — not easy if don't stay at IHG ® hotels on a monthly basis to take advantage of the higher rewards offer.

Not exact matches

Even before Wednesday's decision, five of the country's largest banks hiked five - year fixed rates 15 basis points to 5.14 per cent last week.

The savings rate is close to the 25 - year average of five per cent, which doesn't point to a consumer debt apocalypse.

It would increase the replacement rate by 10 percentage points to 35 per cent, lift the earnings cap by $ 10,000 (to $ 61,100), and be phased in over 10 years.

If the Bank of Canada ultimately raises its benchmark rate by 50 basis points from the start of the year, that could increase borrowers» monthly payments by approximately 5 per cent, according to Rob McLister, founder of comparison site RateSpy.com.

It also reported a 1.01 per cent postpaid subscriber churn rate, which was a seven - basis - point increase over the previous year.

He points to Trump's pledge to lower the federal corporate tax rate from 35 per cent to 15 per cent.

Under this scenario, increasing the rate by one percentage point would increase revenues by one per cent of the original tax base.

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.

The CCPA report also pointed out that 41 per cent of Canadian exports enjoy MFN rates of zero.

But the average rate on the 30 - year mortgage has jumped more than a full percentage point since May and was 4.57 per cent last week — just below the two - year high.

Bartlett said growth is tracking well below the 1.9 per cent pace expected by the Bank of Canada with the first half rate roughly 1.8 percentage points below the bank's latest forecast.

On the cost side, the same increase in the policy rate might cut output by up to 1 per cent and push inflation down by 0.5 percentage point relative to what it would have been otherwise.

While this can be a great way to travel without having to pay with cash, the redemption rate is pretty lackluster at 0.7 cents per point.

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).

NDP commitments include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (already implemented by the Conservatives (but with a different phase in); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; and, increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI).

NDP promises include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented in the budget by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (also already implemented by the Conservatives); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI); and restoring the 6 % annual escalator to the Canada Health Transfer.

In the December quarter, underlying inflation was running at an annualised rate of around 2 1/2 per cent — right at the mid point of the target range.

We have assumed a phased increase of two points in the CIT raising the rate from 15 per cent to 17 per cent.

The Office for National Statistics said the unemployment rate in May fell to 7.8 per cent in the three months to May, 0.2 percentage point lower than the previous two - month period.

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada is keeping its trendsetting interest rate anchored at one per cent for the remainder of the year and sending a message that it still believes the cost of borrowing will go up at some point in the future.

While we were pleased to learn of the government's September 2017 announcement to cut the small business income tax rate from 2.5 per cent to 2 per cent, we note it was accompanied by an increase to the general corporate income tax rate of one percentage point (to 12 per cent).

The Bank of Canada has already raised interest rates three times since July, but the benchmark rate is still three - quarters of a percentage point below the 2 - per - cent inflation target.

The Bank of Canada today announced that it is lowering its target for the overnight rate by one - quarter of one percentage point to 1/2 per cent.

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.

2018.01.17 RBC Royal Bank increases prime rate RBC Royal Bank today increased its prime lending rate by 25 basis points to 3.45 per cent from 3.20 per cent, effective January 18, 2018...

RBC Royal Bank today increased its prime lending rate by 25 basis points to 3.20 per cent from 2.95 per cent, effective Sept. 7, 2017...

RBC Royal Bank today increased its prime lending rate by 25 basis points to 3.45 per cent from 3.20 per cent, effective January 18, 2018...

2015.01.27 RBC Royal Bank decreases Prime Rate RBC Royal Bank today decreased its prime lending rate by 15 basis points to 2.85 per cent from 3.00 per cent, effective January 28, 201Rate RBC Royal Bank today decreased its prime lending rate by 15 basis points to 2.85 per cent from 3.00 per cent, effective January 28, 201rate by 15 basis points to 2.85 per cent from 3.00 per cent, effective January 28, 2015...

RBC Royal Bank today decreased its prime lending rate by 15 basis points to 2.85 per cent from 3.00 per cent, effective January 28, 2015...

The corresponding indicator rate for small businesses has fallen by 55 basis points from its peak, to 8.20 per cent.

Reflecting indications that US economic growth remains robust and concerns that inflationary pressures may be building, markets are now expecting the federal funds rate to reach 3 1/4 per cent by August, which implies 25 basis point increases at three of the next four FOMC meetings (Graph 17).

With the recovery consolidating across the region, the European Central Bank raised interest rates by 50 basis points to 3 per cent in November.

The European Central Bank has increased official rates by 175 basis points to 4.25 per cent, while Denmark's central bank has increased rates by 185 basis points to 4.7 per cent.

The average «honeymoon» rate, available for twelve months, increased by 45 basis points to 5.75 per cent.

Amongst other emerging market economies, the only significant policy moves were in Brazil, where rates were cut by a further 50 basis points to 16 per cent, and Turkey, which cut rates by a total of 4 percentage points, to 22 per cent.

Among other English - speaking countries, the Bank of England has increased official rates by 100 basis points in four steps to 6 per cent, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand has increased rates by 200 basis points to 6.5 per cent, and the Bank of Canada has increased rates by 125 basis points to 5.75 per cent, with the past four increases immediately following the US Fed (Table 3).

A measure of the underemployment rate, which includes employed people who want to work more hours, also reached a new low point of 6.4 per cent, a rate last seen in the December quarter 1989.

The Bank of Canada has cut its policy rate by a cumulative 75 basis points so far this year (in three moves) to 2 per cent, against a background of weak GDP growth and subdued inflation.

The European Central Bank raised official rates in November by 50 basis points, to 3.00 per cent, reversing all of the precautionary easing of last April.

Similarly, the Swedish Riksbank has cut its policy rate by a total of 75 basis points (in two steps) to 2 per cent, in the face of a larger - than - expected fall in inflation.

One bank has introduced a small business loan secured by commercial property, reducing the interest rate at which such a loan would previously have been available from this bank, while another introduced a «basic» residentially secured term loan for small business at 6.35 per cent, 40 basis points lower than that bank's standard residentially secured term loan.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand increased the overnight cash rate by 25 basis points to 5.5 per cent in late April, in response to domestic inflation pressures and the strengthening global economy.

In the June quarter, the unemployment rate in the capital cities was 6.1 per cent, almost a percentage point lower than a year earlier.

The market expects a tightening of 75 basis points by year end, and the yield curve indicates that the implied cash rate in a couple of years» time will still be under 4 per cent.

[1] The participation rate increased to be 63 3/4 per cent in the December quarter, which is 1/4 percentage point above its recent average levels.