Sentences with phrase «figure by a percentage point»

My suggestion: Start out with a goal of saving at least 10 % of your income each year and, as your income rises, boost that figure by a percentage point or so each year until you work your way up to 15 %.

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In 2014, 47 % of millennials said they wanted to be mentored by their bosses, a figure that actually crept up by one percentage point in this year's survey, even though these workers have two more years of work experience under their belts, and many are even becoming managers themselves.

In the article, Irving says that 18 % of the technical jobs at GoDaddy are held by women — though he notes that that figure puts the company just 1 percentage point above the average for Silicon Valley.

The Reserve Bank of India cut its main repurchase rate by 0.25 percentage point to 7.5 %, citing weakness in parts of the economy as well as favorable inflation figures and structural overhauls included in the government's proposed budget.

By 2002, that figure had been surpassed and tortillas sold $ 5.2 billion on the wholesale level, capturing 32 percent of the market and trailing sliced white bread by only two percentage pointBy 2002, that figure had been surpassed and tortillas sold $ 5.2 billion on the wholesale level, capturing 32 percent of the market and trailing sliced white bread by only two percentage pointby only two percentage points.

But in a sign of how challenging this transition can be for schools, district figures show that lunch sales for September through December dropped by about 5 percentage points since the previous year, or more than 20,000 lunches a day.

Cameron's eight percentage point lead among «enthusiastic voters» just before the May 2015 election seen in Figure 2 contrasts with the much less clear - cut picture given by «voting intention» alone (Figure 3, below).

At first glance, our survey data would seem to confirm those fears: Support for charter schools dropped by 12 percentage points between 2016 and 2017, the largest change in opinion we observed on any item (Figure 1).

Using the paper's estimates, that would imply the recent recession caused a decline in female enrollment in elementary education of 33.6 percent (the 5.6 percentage point change in the unemployment rate multiplied by the 6 percent figure above).

We find that teachers near the threshold who received their first «minimally effective» rating at this time were considerably more likely to exit DCPS voluntarily, with retention dropping by 10 percentage points in 2011 12 (see Figure 2).

Those informed of President Obama's support for merit pay favored the idea by 13 percentage points more than those not so informed (see Figure 4).

Despite that stability of public opinion about charters, aggregate support increased by 11 percentage points when respondents were told that Obama backed them (see Figure 4).

Learning the truth about the international standing of American students had a bigger impact, reducing the share of respondents giving a grade of «A» or «B» from 18 to 13 percent and increasing the share of respondents giving a «D» or «F» by 10 percentage points (see Figure 5a).

Viewed as a group, schools managed by our CMOs achieve rates of proficiency on state assessments in reading and math that average about 9 percentage points higher than those of schools in their local districts (see Figure 2).

Asked about support for «giving tenure to teachers,» just 31 % of the public express a favorable view in 2016, a figure that has declined by 10 percentage points since 2013.

Figures also show that the proportion of A * to C grades in GCSE science has fallen by 4.9 percentage points compared to last year.

In early 2009, exposure to the president's views had the effect of shifting public opinion in the direction of the president's by 13 percentage points on merit pay and 11 percentage points on charters and vouchers (see Figure 8).

As can be seen in Figure 2, the schools that have larger kindergarten readiness gaps also have larger test score gaps in third and fifth grades: as the kindergarten readiness gap increases by 10 percentage points, the test score gaps increase by around 0.06 of a standard deviation.

In addition, students are approximately 1.5 percentage points more likely to enroll at a four - year institution, with about two - thirds of this effect driven by movement away from the two - year sector (see Figure 3).

The math scores of African - Americans in Houston, for instance, rose by 34 percentage points; for Hispanics, by 36 percentage points; and for whites, by only 14 percentage points (see Figure 3).

Detail of the figures suggests the gap between the lowest 20 per cent of children and the average for all children has narrowed by more than five percentage points in the past four years.

The graduation rate rose by more than 20 percentage points and, leaving aside the years when the state recalibrated its evaluation framework, student - achievement rates in the city improved annually (see Figure 1).

We find that they did, with double - dosing increasing four - and five - year high - school graduation rates by 8.7 and 7.9 percentage points, respectively, a 17 percent improvement (see Figure 2).

Although one can't consider the results gains because the tests and testing rules changed, the figures have encouraged many: In the English exams for grades 3 - 8, the traditional public schools passage rate «rose» by 7.6 percentage points, and for charter schools, the figure was up 13.7 percentage points.

But District 220 attendance in 2015 dropped to 93 percent, one percentage point below the state average, according to figures from the Illinois Report Card, a website maintained by the Illinois State Board of Education.

Any APR advertised by a lender is considered accurate as long as it falls within 1 / 8th of 1 percentage point of the actual figure.

By contrast, in 2001, that figure fell to 38 % - over 12 percentage points lower.

This is a figure that hasn't changed in 40 years by more than a few percentage points.

If interest rates rise by one percentage point, figure on the fund losing about 5 % of its value.

They concluded that investor performance lags fund performance by about 1 to 2.5 percentage points depending on the particular comparison, as shown in this figure from Vanguard.

If that amount seems too daunting, then start at 10 % and boost that figure by one percentage point each year until you hit 15 % of salary.

If other obligations (student loans, living expenses, whatever) prevent you from putting away that much right now, start with a smaller figure and increase it by a percentage point or more each year.

One factor driving BMO's promise of a full percentage point off the five - year variable rate is transparency, which the bank figures will help it compete with alternative lenders who aren't bound by the same lending restrictions, experts say.

A yield improvement of 6.9 per cent boosted the figures, while load factors increased by 0.5 percentage points to 84.7 per cent.

Although the more general issue of protecting the environment ranked higher than climate (named by 41 percent of the poll subjects) that figure was 15 percentage points lower than in the same poll a year ago.

I've seen partners, (earning six and seven figure annual incomes), tearing their hair out because PEP has dropped by a couple of percentage points.

If, for instance, your employer's CSI averaged 82 % in the year before you were hired, and if it measured 88 % during the time that you were employed, you can state with honesty on your customer service resume that your efforts contributed to elevating CSI by 6 percentage points, and be sure to add in the actual figures (88 % versus 82 %).

Whitestone REIT led the remaining companies with a return of the 29.42 percent since its IPO completion in August 2010, but that figure still lagged the SNL U.S. REIT Equity Index by 0.68 percentage point.

As Figure 1 below illustrates, the percentage of all loans past due fell by 84 basis points over the past four quarters.