Sentences with phrase «of a percentage point]»

An unnamed source says the cost could be up to 25 basis points per transaction, compared to 15 down south (a basis point is 1 / 100th of a percentage point).

Those private forecasts tend to be within a few tenths of a percentage point of each other.

«At these levels, it may shave off a tenth of a percentage point off global growth.»

I want to tell them that this is a meritocracy and that as long as you keep hitting your KPIs, you'll be met with a Series A investor and you'll be part of that percentage that makes it to the next level.

The U.S. currently ranks far behind other large economies in terms of the percentage of goods and services it exports — about 13.4 percent, according to the World Bank.

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 %.

Citing sluggish growth abroad and lower oil prices, the Bank of Canada this morning lowered the overnight lending rate one quarter of a percentage point, to 0.5 %.

Vocativ, citing Apple numbers, reported that its track record is better than that of Twitter (TWTR), Facebook, eBay (EBAY), Google and Yahoo (YHOO) in terms of percentage of diversity hires for management positions in the U.S..

MACARTHUR: The good news is that the capital has been deployed in terms of the percentage of dollar value capital in an increasing fashion in 2017.

Economists at Macroeconomic Advisers boosted their forecast for fourth - quarter economic growth by three - tenths of a percentage point to an annualized rate of 2.4 percent, on the «unexpected strength» in consumer spending.

The Caixin measure of manufacturing activity (PMI) edged up a tenth of a percentage point to 50.1, led by output and new orders.

The topper — if it's included — is the offer of a percentage of ownership based on an overblown estimate of the company's value.

Goldman Sachs cut its second - quarter GDP growth estimate by three tenths of a percentage point to 1.0 percent.

Analysts expect the 16 - day shutdown will shave between 0.2 and 0.6 of a percentage point off fourth - quarter annualized GDP growth.

That's roughly half the percentage at Harvard and just a third of the percentage at Stanford.

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.

The researchers at FindtheBest also analyzed a city's wealth in terms of the percentage of residents who obtained a bachelor's and graduate degree.

Additionally, some large companies will take a discount, usually a couple of percentage points, if they pay sooner than their own dictated terms, often at their own discretion.

Granted, owners at the low end aren't paying big bucks, but in terms of the percentage of the home's value, property tax rates represent a disproportionate burden.

You ask the employees from time to time to pick up more of a percentage of it.

Proprietors have steadily increased every year since 2000, in terms of a percentage of total US employment.

On their face, the added levies would boost inflation measures by one - tenth of a percentage point while reducing annual GDP growth by one or two tenths, Barclays said in a note that assumes the moves would not have massive repercussions from U.S. trading partners.

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.

We might see an extremely modest rate increase — perhaps a quarter of a percentage point — «but it won't go up a lot,» says Devlin.

«2016 wasn't our best year in terms of growth, but we grew a [couple of percentage points].»

Utilization is a measure of the percentage of time drivers are working versus waiting.

I am currently thinking of ways to increase my savings a couple of percentage points, but that proves to be a challenge as living expenses in Switzerland are notoriously high.

That's why experts generally agree that refinancing to a mortgage with an interest rate that's only a fraction of a percentage below your current rate generally doesn't pay.

If rates stay elevated into May, rates on new government loans will be about eight - tenths of a percentage point higher than they are today.

The Toronto Stock Exchange has the distinction of having the greatest number of companies in the mining and oil & gas industries in any exchange across the globe, which isn't surprising given how big of a percentage of Canada's economy those industries form.

The Fed funds rate remained there for seven years before the central bank nudged it up a quarter of a percentage point in December.

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

That could add one - fourth to one - half of a percentage point to annualized GDP growth in the quarter, he said.

Because most wealthy Chinese seem to think about RMB in terms of USD or Hong Kong dollars, it is the fear that any depreciation of the RMB against those two currencies (the Hong Kong dollar is pegged to the USD through a modified currency board) greater than the couple of percentage points interest rate differential would yield less than equivalent USD or Hong Kong dollar bonds.

If you meet those basic criteria, you should be able to save a couple of percentage points on your loan.

The digital currency would extend its rally for the next two weeks, outpacing the broader cryptocurrency market in terms of percentage gains.

The fund reduced its estimates of American growth in 2012 and 2013 by a tenth of a percentage point, anticipating that the economy will expand just 2 percent this year and 2.3 percent next year.

There are long - term consequences to accepting equity financing because the offer of a percentage of ownership to a third party includes the implication that there will be a payout at some point down the road — meaning an IPO, sale, merger, or some other capital event.

The researchers calculate that the rational response to a reduction of a percentage point in the rate at which banks themselves can raise funds is to boost the credit limits of the 37 % of cards issued to those with the highest credit ratings by $ 2,203 each.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Commerce Department unit that tracks G.D.P., said the full effect of the government closure «can not be quantified,» but estimated that the hours lost as government employees stayed home shaved off 0.3 of a percentage point.

Four of the five highest in terms of percentage of total rounds in startups with a female founder — SOSV, VTF Capital and Metamorphic Ventures — have no female partners, though the top firm, MassChallenge, at 42 percent of its portfolio, has a female managing director in Mexico.

In other words, equity dividends are higher by a third of a percentage points than quality bond yields, and that's before the dividend tax credit and before any capital gains.

This will lead GDP to be higher than otherwise by between about 1/2 and 3/4 of a percentage point over the course of two years (Graph 1).

Any valuation of a service oriented sole proprietorship needs to involve an estimate of the percentage of business that might be lost under a change of ownership.

Whenever the Fed decides to act, the initial rate increase will be small — a quarter of a percentage point — but it looms large psychologically because it will be the first increase in short - term rates by the Fed since June 2006.

As expected, as their meeting concluded yesterday, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and company decided to raise the benchmark interest rate they control by one - quarter of a percentage point.

Nevertheless, we are not implying the current market rally will match the chart above, in terms of the percentage gain or length of time, as every market rally is unique.

«They're very closely aligned with our forecasts,» said Brett House, the deputy chief economist at Scotiabank, where the prediction for Canada is one - tenth of a percentage point higher than what the IMF projects.

While that may be true in terms of percentage change in price, looking at the question from the perspective of the slope of the primary trend, we draw a somewhat different conclusion about what is doing well.

Relative to the five - year average, Korean credit default swaps, the cost of insuring against defaults, is 3 basis points (hundredths of a percentage point) higher while the Korean Won is 3 % lower.