Sentences with phrase «end of the cents per point»

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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.

Union officials» median expectations also continue to point to a slight pick - up in inflation, with inflation expected to increase to 3 per cent by the end of 2005 and stabilise around this level.

At one point, markets had priced in a cash rate of 4.0 per cent by year - end.

At the end of 2003, the unemployment rate stood at 5.6 per cent, 1/2 a percentage point lower than its level a year earlier (Graph 42).

In a statement ending its latest policy meeting, the Fed boosted its key short - term rate Wednesday by a modest quarter - point to a still - low range of 1.5 per cent to 1.75 per cent.

A balance of six per cent more businesses surveyed by the FSB think that they will lay people off in the coming three months, pointing to a further increase in unemployment by the end of the year.

The government's view is that there has been «significant progress», pointing to 69.3 per cent of disadvantaged pupils now meeting the expected level in both reading and maths at the end of primary school, compared with 62.2 per cent in 2011.

A 10.5 per cent drop in sales to $ 164m in its Nook business, which includes devices, ebooks and accessories, in the three months to the end of April pointed to tough competition with Amazon's Kindle.

The benefit here is that you can use your points to book a room with any hotel chain of your choosing, from high - end luxury hotels to cheap roadside motels, and you'll usually get more value per point than just one cent.

You can get more than 2 cents per point in value at some high - end Wyndham properties, but even at your average Days Inn or Howard Johnson, the Go Fast (cash + points) rate seems to provide a pretty consistent baseline of at least 1 cent per point.

BMO is offering a five - year variable rate of 2.45 per cent until the end of May — 1 percentage point below its prime rate

While cash back cards don't offer the same potential value of travel rewards points (each travel rewards point can be worth a few cents, depending on the type of travel you redeem them for, whereas cash back points are almost always worth 1 cent per point), you won't risk losing out since you can always use cash, whereas you might end up with leftover travel points.

If you can hit the top end exactly, you will get 2 cents per point, though something like 1.7 cents per point will be a more achievable target (near the midpoint of each range).

If you want to really enjoy the benefits of a 5th night free redemption, try using it when booking for a high - end hotel stay; that said, if you find you're getting over 2 cents per point for your redemption, then you're in safe territory value-wise.

That means if you're redeeming at Chase's rate of 1.25 cents per point, you'll end up with an effective return of 2.5 cents per dollar spent on the bonus categories.

I used to value Hilton HHonors points at roughly half a cent apiece, recognizing of course that at the very top end I could do much much better — grabbing a $ 700 + ocean villa with private pool at the Conrad Koh Samui for instance for just 50,000 points per night.

The benefit here is that you can use your points to book a room with any hotel chain of your choosing, from high - end luxury hotels to cheap roadside motels, and you'll usually get more value per point than just one cent.

You can get more than 2 cents per point in value at some high - end Wyndham properties, but even at your average Days Inn or Howard Johnson, the Go Fast (cash + points) rate seems to provide a pretty consistent baseline of at least 1 cent per point.

China got 9.8 per cent of its energy from sources not linked to fossil fuels at the end of 2013, and the government intends that to reach 15 per cent by 2020, the New York Times points out.