Sentences with phrase «of a percentage point off»

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

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

Full - blown trade war may slash as much as 0.8 of a percentage point off city's growth next year, commentator warns.

In 2013 it's set to increase to 2.7 per cent, but still the best part of a percentage point off the Chancellor's earlier estimate.

Each point you buy will knock one - eighth to one - quarter of a percentage point off your mortgage rate, which is less than points would buy a few years ago.

According to the bank's forecasts, the precipitous decline in the price of oil is expected to knock about a third of a percentage point off of Canada's GDP this year.

«The loss of export sales will probably take about three - quarters of a percentage point off the growth rate of our economy in 1999,» says Fred Flick, NAR vice president of economic research.

«For most people, if you can shave three - quarters of a percentage point off your interest rate, it's worth looking at,» says Greg McBride, an analyst with Bankrate.com, a personal finance website.

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And he saw close Senate races had polls that were off, too, favoring Democrats by a median of 6 percentage points.

Instead of worrying about bargaining for a few percentage points off the rate, spend time negotiating the lease's term and thinking about the company's true needs for the future.

In other words, demographics alone have shaved two percentage points off participation, as the large baby boomer generation started to reach retirement age around the start of the recession.»

If a large percentage of viewers quit watching at a later point in the video, you can try to determine what turned them off at that juncture.

A recent survey of small - business owners conducted for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce by Harris Interactive reported an 11 percentage point rise in the last year in the number of owners who are unsure of whether their business will be better off in the future than it has been in the past.

In a paper co-authored with colleagues at Stanford and the University of Chicago, Bloom estimates an increase in policy uncertainty between 2006 and 2011 might have shaved up to 2.3 percentage points off GDP growth.

We estimate that the oil price shock, on its own, took about 1 1/4 percentage points off GDP growth in the first half of the year.

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.

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.

Mastercard's 2 percentage point decline on cross-border volume is a reflection of a «recent drop - off in crypto wallet funding,» according to Mastercard's CFO Martina Hund - Mejean on the company's earnings call.

The G and G like to cite the effect of the Conservatives» cut of two percentage points off the GST, and certainly that was and remains a costly blunder.

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.

If you pay careful attention to your trades, you will find that will make more money off of trades with a higher rate of return — even if your correct trade rate is a percentage point or two lower.

Combined, the aftermath of the territorial spat with China will shave 0.8 percentage point off Japan gross domestic product growth for the fourth quarter, sending Japan's overall economy slightly downward, instead of the initial forecast for flat growth, according to J.P. Morgan.

He has them running would - be shooters off the arc and toward an interior defense that, through the team's first 20 games, led the country in two - point field goal percentage allowed, at 34.5 %, and percentage of shots blocked, at 20.9.

Because NFL teams most often score in multiples of 3 (field goals) and 7 (touchdowns + extra points), getting on or off these key numbers can have a significant effect on your winning percentage and units won.

Hard to imagine his 3 point shot being better percentage wise vs last year Can definitely work on his handle and post moves and defense with another year of development Also while his body is dramatically different than it was, one more year of the shack can't hurt to help him be stronger around the hoop and more explosive off the bounce.

That, in turn, holds the key to Williams's outside game: As a result of his quicker cornering ability, defenders must now play a step off him, so he has improved his three - point shooting percentage from 35.4 % a year ago to 44.6 %.

Since then, the percentage of public bets taking the over has leveled off at 60 %, but the total dropped another half - point to 48.

-- Martinez's win percentage at Everton is now 29 % (the same as he had at Wigan)-- It's been 9 months (to the day) since we had consecutive league wins — We are currently 4 league points better off after 23 games than when we finished 17th under Moyes — Three home wins all season in the league — Six wins all season out of 23 games — 10 defeats at Goodison since the start of last season — The worst defence in the league in terms of goals conceded

On average, Democrats ran 5.9 percentage points behind the president, with a median drop - off of 6.4.

Apparently, this «35 per cent strategy» involves securing the 29 per cent of voters who supported Labour at the last election, with a further 6 percentage points carved off the Lib Dems — and they think it should be enough for victory.

Solidifying his reputation as a trivia machine, Paterson reeled off the project's projected (and disputed, by some) stats — on jobs and housing units and the percentage of minority contracts — to the point of almost losing the crowd's (and Jay - Z's) interest.

A United Nations report released Sunday said that governments must act faster to keep global warming in check and that a radical shift from fossil fuels to low - carbon energy such as wind, solar or nuclear power would shave only about 0.06 of a percentage point a year off world economic growth.

Increasing sleep from 7.5 to 10 hours a day among 18 - year - olds could shave four percentage points off the proportion of teens with a BMI over 25, the researchers predicted.

They break down some of the rules that should guide trainees with a range of goals, from losing large quantities of fat, to chiseling off a couple percentage points.

In those 14 weeks, Kurt shed a total of 87 pounds, 22 % percentage points of body fat, 10 + inches off his waist, and — most importantly — he's off all his prescription medications.

It has a score of 49 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, which is two percentage points off from the marks for its predecessor.

For male teachers with fewer than three years of experience, the estimated change in the probability of switching districts for a 10 percent increase in salary is 2.6 percentage points; for men with three to five years of experience, the estimated change for a salary increase of the same magnitude is 3.4 percentage points; for still more experienced male teachers, financial effects trail off, down to essentially zero for those with more than 20 years of experience.

De Blasio promised to fund universal pre-K in New York City with a tax hike of about 0.5 percentage points on incomes of over half a million dollars each year, but hasn't been able to push that through the legislature in Albany (which must sign off on all NYC tax increases).

Meanwhile, in California, Superintendent Delaine Eastin, thought vulnerable as the incumbent in a state where student performance is lagging, held off Gloria Matta Tuchman's Election Day challenge by 7 percentage points and won re-election with 53.5 percent of the vote, according to unofficial results.

Bringing an MQB - based small unibody pickup to the U.S. — where it would square off most naturally against the Honda Ridgeline rather than the Ford Ranger or Chevrolet Colorado — would never be enough on its own for Volkswagen to gain 3 whole percentage points of market share in the U.S..

Going back to our example, your return of — 2.53 % is 3.61 percentage points off the benchmark return.

If you put off retirement a few years, I estimate you can increase that by a tenth of a percentage point (0.1 %) for each year you delay.

Citi's advertised mortgage rates are slightly tricky to navigate because they assume the purchase of discount points, which shave percentage points off the initial number in exchange for an upfront fee.

But since that December increase of a quarter of a percentage point, the Fed has held off pushing the fed funds rate any higher because of concerns about lackluster economic growth.

More importantly, remember that you lose a credit score point for every percentage of your credit capacity you expend, meaning if you have $ 1,000 available and have charged $ 500, you're at 50 percent capacity and have lost 50 points off your score.

That may not sound like much, but effectively shaving one to two percentage points a year off investment returns can dramatically diminish the wealth you accumulate over the course of your career.

How Passive Funds Trim Your Tax Bill Taxes knocked an average of 0.96 percentage point a year off the returns of about 2,000 actively managed U.S. stock mutual funds over the 15 years ended in September 2014, if they were held in taxable accounts.

«For example, putting down 10 % instead of 9.9 % saves you 0.75 percentage points off your entire mortgage amount.

I was able to replicate this article's Value Composite Percentile Rank and Earnings Quality Percentile Rank, but my Financial Strength Percentile Rank was off by an average of 4.9 percentage points.

Education Refinance Loan holders can obtain one of the biggest interest rate discounts compared to other loan providers; get 0.25 loyalty percentage points off your APR if a cosigner has a Citizens Bank account, and another 0.25 % discount for automatic payments, for a potential 0.5 % rate reduction.