Sentences with phrase «full percentage point increase»

The each said that they expect interest rates to increase by another quarter - point before the end of the year — making for a full percentage point increase in 12 months.

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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.

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.

Unemployment in the Binghamton area in June stands at 5.4 percent, an increase from 5.2 percent in the last 12 months and nearly a full percentage point higher than the state average.

Just over half of full - time faculty in South Korea had contingent appointments in 2013, an increase of 14 percentage points since 2010, according to a 28 April article from The Korea Herald, which is published in Seoul.

• Among African Americans, 26 % of those in the control group attended college full - time at some point within three years of expected high school graduation; among those in the treatment group, the voucher offer increased this rate by 7 percentage points, a 25 % increment.

For poor children, a twenty percent increase in per - pupil spending each year for all 12 years of public school is associated with nearly a full additional year of completed education, 25 percent higher earnings, and a 20 percentage - point reduction in the annual incidence of poverty in adulthood.

GM's first quarter sales results versus a year ago underscore the company's momentum: Retail deliveries were up 7 percent, with cars up 14 percent and trucks up 8 percent; total sales were equal to a year ago Retail market share was up a full percentage point Commercial deliveries were up 9 percent and have increased year over year for 29 consecutive months Sales to Government customers were up 23 percent Daily rental sales were down approximately 43,000 units year over year, or about 36 percent Chevrolet has been the main engine of growth.

Through the first five months of the year, GM retail sales are up more than 1 percent and GM retail share is up 0.6 percentage points, the largest retail share increase of any full - line automaker.

GM, Chevrolet Lead with the Industry's Largest Retail Market Share Increases of 2015 GM full - year retail sales up 8 percent; retail share up 0.4 percentage points Chevrolet grew retail market share faster than any other full - line brand in the industry in 2015 GM Commercial deliveries up for 26th consecutive month DETROIT — General Motors» (NYSE: GM) Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac brands delivered 290,230 vehicles in December 2015, driven by an 8 percent year - over-year increase in retail deliveries and the company's 26th consecutive month of Commercial sales growth.

But if we increase their annual return by a full percentage point each year, which is essentially the same thing as getting them to a 0.4 % expense ratio, their prospects get even better.

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

Compared to FHA home loans, conventional loans could increase rates by a full percentage point if a borrower's loan to value ratio exceeds a specified limit; in many cases, higher loan to value ratios can actually be enough to completely disqualify a mortgage applicant altogether.

SunTrust Bank helped spur this week's rate change by increasing the lowest available APR on one of its travel cards by a full percentage point.

For example, it increased the lowest available APR on the PenFed Power Cash Rewards Visa card by a full percentage point, raising it to 10.99 percent.

One card in the survey, the Belk Rewards Card, raised its APR (25.49 percent) beyond the.75 percent, increasing a full percentage point from 2016.

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Forty - six percent of employers reported that they increased their number of full - time, permanent employees in the first quarter, outperforming the same period in 2016 by 9 percentage points.

Since May, mortgage rates have risen a full percentage point, which has led to an increase in borrowing costs that is holding some buyers back, housing experts say.

Home Depot, for example, according to the report, saw same store sales increase 5 percent each of the last three years, and the home appliance area accounted for nearly 8 percent of their revenue, up almost a full percentage point in just two years.

To be fair, after yet another two weeks, the rate could increase by a half point and finally by a full percentage point if unsold after another predetermined period.

Higher mortgage rates: The 30 - year fixed - rate mortgage is up nearly a full percentage point in the past year, causing home buyers to face an increase in borrowing costs.

Toll executives on a conference call Tuesday with investors and analysts said the drops were likely due to several factors: price increases, uncertainty about the federal budget, and interest rates that rose a full percentage point between May and September.

The Mortgage Bankers Association, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the National Association of Realtors are in unison, projecting that rates will increase by nearly a full percentage point by this time next year.

From September through November, FHA serious delinquencies rose a full percentage point and in 2011, the number of seriously delinquent loans increased by 100,399.

Because the average price declined while the average loan amount increased, the average loan - to - price ratio on conventional mortgages used to purchase new homes increased by a full percentage point in December, to 78.9 percent — the highest it's been since 2011.