Sentences with phrase «percent point increase»

Educating students in poverty is one of the nation's greatest challenges; and this challenge increases with every percent point increase in free and reduced price lunches.

Not exact matches

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.

In addition, 27 percent said they have positions they are unable to fill right now, a 6 percentage point increase compared with September 2014.

NFIB found that a net 23 percent of respondents raised wages in the three months prior to September, a 5 percentage point increase compared with the same period a year earlier.

In the Bloomberg report, the now public rant pointed fingers at his customer service department because of an increase in canceled orders, which climbed to 17 percent, up from 5 percent.

The purchase worth as much as 26.5 billion rupees could increase Singtel's stake in Bharti Telecom by up to 1.7 percentage points to 48.9 percent and its holding in Bharti Airtel, the country's biggest mobile carrier, by up to 0.9 percentage points to 39.5 percent.

The Non-Manufacturing Business Activity Index increased 6.5 percentage points to 63.5 percent, reflecting growth for the 13th consecutive month at a faster rate than in November.

The Prices Index increased 6.8 percentage points to 70 percent, indicating that prices increased significantly in December.

The New Orders Index increased 5.3 percentage points to 63 percent, and the Employment Index decreased 2.2 percentage points to 50.5 percent, indicating growth in employment for the fourth consecutive month, but at a slower rate.

The tepid confidence level is somewhat at odds with how business owners view their current financial situations — 67 percent gave their situation a rating of good, the same as the prior quarter and an increase of two percentage points compared with the second quarter of 2015.

Traders also see about a 22 percent chance of a fourth quarter - point increase.

Similarly, 72 percent of business owners said they expect their financial situation 12 months from now to be good, an increase of one percentage point from the first quarter; 11 percent said they expect their situation to be poor, a decrease of one percentage point from the first quarter.

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.

Forty - four percent said they will wait until December or later to shop, an increase of five percentage points compared to 2014.

Under her leadership, the average SAT scores of the entering freshman class increased by nearly 50 points, and participation in global semester study abroad rose from 25 percent to 75 percent.

Percent refers to a relative increase or reduction, while percentage point refers to the actual change in rate.

The contract for September, which is a date many on Wall Street think is ripe for a hike, indicates a rate of just 0.43 percent, while December points to a 0.5 percent rate, a 0.13 percentage point increase from the current level that the CME tool translates to a 59 percent chance of a hike.

The marginal tax rate would increase nearly 12 percentage points to 39.6 percent.

But it also turns out that we phone users are a price - sensitive bunch and reduce our phone usage by more than 1 percent for each percentage point increase in our bills.

GAAP operating income increased 5 percent to $ 2.7 billion and GAAP operating margin increased 1.2 percentage points to 51.0 percent.

«By way of comparison, the typical profitable firm in our sample had a net profit margin of 6.4 percent, so a 1 percentage point increase represents a 15 percent boost to profitability.»

On the flip side, each point increase in the SRT score was associated with a 21 percent decrease in mortality.

The average contract interest rate for 30 - year fixed - rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($ 453,100 or less) increased to its highest level since April 2014, 4.50 percent, from 4.41 percent, with points increasing to 0.57 from 0.56 (including the origination fee) for 80 percent loan - to - value ratio loans.

In fact, Raka points out that «companies that use marketing automation to nurture prospects experience a 451 percent increase in qualified leads,» and companies that automate lead management processes «see a 10 percent or greater increase in revenue in 6 - 9 months.»

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.

BofA won bonds due in 2029 with a yield of 3.78 percent, which slightly increased the spread over the scale to 165 basis points from 163 basis points, according to MMD, a unit of Thomson Reuters.

For women, the field seeing the greatest increase for each point unemployment goes up is business outside of finance, by more than 0.6 percent.

In total, the paper estimates that every increase of 1 percent in the unemployment rate prompts a 3.2 percentage point reallocation of the major choices of men, and 4.1 percentage points for women.

Eight percent predict higher sales, which is an increase of five points over November.

These factors point to increased spending in 2015, which Mintel forecasts will increase by 3.9 percent.

The net percent of owners raising average selling prices rose 3 points to a net 16 percent seasonally adjusted, after a 3 - point increase in both February and January.

A 1 percentage point reduction in tax rates increases investment by 4.7 percent of installed capital, increases payouts by 0.3 percent of sales, and decreases debt by 5.3 percent of total assets.

The net percent of owners reporting inventory increases fell 4 percentage points to a net 3 percent (seasonally adjusted), still positive and extending a three month run of substantial inventory building.

The average contract interest rate for 30 - year fixed - rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($ 424,100 or less) decreased to 4.28 percent from 4.34 percent, with points increasing to 0.38 from 0.31 (including the origination fee) for 80 percent loan - to - value ratio loans.

The average contract interest rate for 30 - year, fixed - rate mortgages with conforming loan balances of $ 424,100 or less decreased to 4.33 percent from 4.46 percent, with points increasing to 0.43 from 0.41, including the origination fee, for 80 percent loan - to - value ratio loans.

Forecast: Digital Advertising Pulling Away From TV on Global Basis New research from Zenith forecasts big gains for global digital ad revenue, increasing a lead built last year and pointing towards a 44.6 percent share of total ad revenue by 2020.

The average contract interest rate for 30 - year fixed rate mortgages with conforming loan balances of $ 424,100 or less increased to 4.23 percent from 4.20 percent, with points decreasing to 0.32 from 0.37, including the origination fee, for 80 percent loan - to - value ratio loans.

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 cost of insuring Vivendi bonds using credit - default swaps increased as much as 4 basis points, or 2 percent, to 203 basis points today, according to Bloomberg prices.

China has managed to meet the GDP growth target of 6.7 percent, the level of economic activity presumably needed to keep unemployment from rising, only by increasing total debt by a frightening amount equal to a 40 — 45 percentage points of GDP.

Systemwide occupancy rose 1.8 percentage points year over year during the first quarter to 71.8 percent, and average daily rate increased 1.2 percent to $ 145.21.

Europe Segment Adjusted EBITDA decreased 17.3 percent versus the year - ago period to $ 177 million, reflecting lower pricing, a negative 3.7 percentage point impact from currency and an increase in marketing investments.

Even though it could point to a 15 percent quarter - over-quarter increase in digital subscriptions (to 116,000 in total), it lost revenues in digital content syndication.

Historically, household consumption has increased by roughly 0.2 percent for every one percentage point increase in household debt.

However, the fact that the cost of fulfillment increased 500 basis points as percent of revenue generated tells us that AMZN is losing even more on an operating business on Prime memberships.

Canada Segment Adjusted EBITDA increased 33.6 percent versus the year - ago period to $ 151 million, despite a negative 14.2 percentage point impact from currency.

Adjusted EBITDA increased 21.3 percent versus the year - ago period to $ 2.0 billion, despite a negative 6.0 percentage point impact from currency, primarily due to gains from cost savings initiatives (4) and favorable pricing net of commodity costs.

The Federal Reserve raised the fed funds rate a quarter point to 1.5 percent on December 13, 2017, marking it the third increase in 2017 and...

After learning of it, respondents with an unfavorable view of the company increased to 25 percent, while its favorability rating rose 1 percentage point.

Rest of World net sales were $ 851 million, increasing 1.6 percent versus the year - ago period, despite an unfavorable currency impact of 1.4 percentage points.