Sentences with phrase «of a percentage point more»

(In real terms, because we have been doing better than our competitors in the inflation stakes, the fall would be a couple of percentage points more than this.)

Smart beta funds may be cheaper than active mutual funds, but they can still be half to three - quarters of a percentage point more expensive than traditional ETFs.

Reservists and National Guard members usually pay about one - quarter of a percentage point more than active - duty personnel.

Reservists and National Guard members normally pay about a quarter of a percentage point more in fees than active - duty members pay.

Not exact matches

The Minneapolis metro area saw 2.3 % job growth over the past year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, almost a full percentage point more than the nation as a whole — adding nearly 45,000 jobs.

But Chinese exports of automobile parts to North America are growing about a percentage point slower than they are to the rest of the world, suggesting NAFTA actually makes U.S. automobile companies more competitive.

Since the beginning of 2008, the Russell 3000 growth index outperformed its value counterpart by more than 70 percentage points, returning 10.3 % annually, compared with 7 % for value stocks.

The Bank of Canada's core inflation index — which excludes certain items that tend to swing wildly — moved up a more modest 0.2 percentage points to 1.3.

More than one third of business owners said they expect to decrease capital spending in the year ahead, an increase of about 10 percentage points from the previous quarter.

That's an increase of more than 2.5 percentage points since January.

The longest - term portion of the offering, $ 8 billion of bonds maturing in 30 years, sold originally at 99.4 cents on the dollar to yield 1.95 percentage point more than comparable Treasuries.

According to proprietary research by the call intelligence company Invoca, voice search is the preferred mode of communication for 20 percent of consumers making a purchase of $ 500 or more, only 2 percentage points removed from the 22 percent who prefer traditional online search.

In every scenario they back - tested, various portfolios of CHAA — winning companies substantially outperformed the returns of the S&P from 2001 to 2014 — often by 200 percentage points or more.

Collegium Pharmaceutical was one of the largest gainers by percentage points Thursday, closing 19.3 percent higher after news that its chronic pain medication, Xtampza, will be more accessible to patients with United Healthcare insurance.

Noting that the actual rebate should have been at least 10 percentage points higher, Wyden and Pallone said, «Today's letter is more evidence that while Mylan irresponsibly raised the price of EpiPen, they were also bilking taxpayers out of millions of dollars.»

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.

More importantly, 23 percent said they plan to add workers, a decrease of three percentage points from the first quarter; 9 percent said they planned to scale back on the number of workers they have, an increase of two percentage points.

These fees can vary from a quarter of one percent (25 basis points) to manage a stable portfolio of cash and bonds to a full percentage (100 basis points) or more to manage a more active portfolio of small cap stocks.

But in the quarter ending Dec. 31, which included the key holiday season, handbags costing $ 400 or more generated 50 % of sales, up 20 percentage points from a year earlier.

The stimulus from a weaker currency is over; if companies didn't respond to a 20 % drop over two years, they likely aren't going to respond to a decline of a few more percentage points.

«A profitable firm at which 30 percent of leaders are women could expect to add more than 1 percentage point to its net margin compared with an otherwise similar firm with no female leaders,» the report notes.

That could be as much as 2 percentage points more than even its closest rivals, like Bank of America (BAC), Wells Fargo (WFC), Citigroup (C), or even Goldman (GS).

President Barack Obama and Speaker of the House John Boehner are unlikely to reverse several scheduled tax increases, including the 0.9 percentage point increase in the Medicare tax rate on wages and salaries of more than $ 200,000 for single filers ($ 250,000 for married filers); a 3.8 percent Medicare tax on unearned income of higher income filers; and an increase in the capital gains tax rate.

In a study issued this week (Aug. 11 - 15), Goldman Sachs Bank USA economists Eli Hackle and Hui Shan showed that the homeownership rate of young adults, ages 25 - 34, who were carrying more than $ 50,000 in student, was 8 percentage points lower than for college graduates with less than $ 50,000 in student debt.

The light green line in the chart above shows interest rates would need to jump more than one percentage point to wipe out a year of income in the two - year Treasury note.

Rather than let your investments drift with market movements, it may make more sense to rebalance your holdings periodically (say, once or twice a year) or when your mix drifts a set amount from your target (you may allow your mix to fluctuate a maximum of 10 percentage points above or below the level you target).

Ten - year U.S. yields will advance more than 0.1 percentage point by the end of 2015, based on Bloomberg surveys of economists.

In addition, 22 percent anticipate an increase of between 5 and 10 percentage points, and one in 10 investors plan to raise allocations by 10 percentage points or more.

The «semiflexible» rate, at a discount of about 1 percentage point or more, gives customers a four - or five - day buffer to cancel a booking prior to the arrival date.

It is really about picking up nearly 2 percentage points more of yield while waiting for Mr. Carney to act on rates, at which time, it would be best to switch to shorter duration holdings.

On all the available information, resources sector investment will probably rise by another 2 percentage points or more of annual GDP over the next couple of years.

Broadband providers are traditionally more competitive on pricing than any other area of the home services market, and despite Sky's recent promotional activity its share in this market dropped two percentage points to 25 %.

Growth was more than 1 percentage point lower relative to normal periods, and the average duration of the overhang was 23 years.

Most, if not all, of these transactions create unreported contingent liabilities even while reducing the growth rate of debt — in this case by more than five percentage points.3

If we assume that disposable household income is currently half of GDP, eight years of real GDP growth of 6.9 % and real disposable household income growth of 7.7 % will only raise the household income share of GDP to 53.1 % in 2023, a little more than 3 percentage points higher and still below its 21st Century average and leaving China as dependent as ever on investment and the current account surplus.

The share of Web traffic from non-PC devices for directories / resources rose more than 20 percentage points from 6 % to 27 % of all Web traffic over the course of the year.

This means that, in 19 out of 20 cases, survey results will differ by no more than 2.5 percentage points from what would have been obtained by the opinions of all target group members in the U.S.

Pricing decreased 0.4 percentage points reflecting timing of trade promotion recognition in the prior year that more than offset price increases in cheese.

Interest rates may increase but probably not enough to make an impact to a CD that is up for renewal, Real estate income should increase over time but mostly a few percentage points here and there, I suppose you could manufacture more income by paying off one of the rentals assuming your income numbers are after expenses and not gross income.

Volume / mix was 0.7 percentage points lower as strong growth in condiments and sauces was more than offset by a combination of significantly lower shipments in India, unfavorable holiday - related shipment phasing in Indonesia, as well as the impact of distributor network realignment in several markets.

Volume / mix increased 0.6 percentage points, reflecting growth in condiments and sauces that more than offset the discontinuation of select cheese products.

Pricing was 0.4 percentage points lower as timing of promotions in North America and Europe more than offset price increases in Rest of World markets, primarily Latin America.

In general terms, an ownership change results from a cumulative change in the equity ownership of certain stockholders by more than 50 percentage points over a three - year period.

Last August, at the time of the announcement of the sale of the Washington Post, I noted that Washington Post Co. shares had proved a mediocre investment over the past two decades, trailing the S&P 500 by more than 2.5 percentage points on an annualized investment (although starting at the time Buffett began accumulating shares, in 1973, the performance was much better, with an estimated annual return of 11.5 %).

Greek budgets include tax hikes and spending cuts by more than $ 4.5 billion, a debt increase to more than 200 percent of GDP, an economic contraction of 1.3 percent and a new rise in unemployment by almost one percentage point to 25.4 percent.

-LRB-...) the big driver was what the Bureau of Economic Analysis dubs motor vehicles -LRB-...), production of which hiked first - quarter GDP by 1.12 percentage points, more than double the rise they provided in last year's fourth quarter.

Based on recent corporate leverage, this decline in the cost of debt would increase the typical company's return on equity by more than four percentage points.

The one - day loss for many funds, including Vanguard Total Bond Market, iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond, Pimco Total Return and Metropolitan West Total Return, while less than a half a percentage point, still amounted to more than 10 percent of their current yield.

Underscoring the mixed - to - lower tone that emerged over the course of the day — not only was the NASDAQ off by nearly 50 points at its nadir — but the small - cap Russell 2000 had turned down by more than a full percentage points, as well, as losing stocks held a strong lead over gaining issues throughout.

In practice, it barely budged more than a small fraction of a percentage point each day.