Sentences with phrase «percentage by a few points»

We often encourage our users to shop around and find the best line, because it can increase your winning percentage by a few points over time.

If you have a 401 (k) plan through work, try upping your contribution percentage by a few points, or if you are expecting a large bonus maybe you think about contributing a much larger percentage for a few weeks and then drop back down after the New Year.

Not exact matches

Think of what would happen if we could grow that by even a few percentage points.»

On a positive note, I have seen a slight improvement by a few percentage points in most of the core metrics since I last checked back in November 2016.

Forty - five percent of those surveyed by NFIB said they found few or no qualified workers to fill open positions, which is 3 percentage points higher than September a year earlier, and 4 percentage points higher than the same time period in both 2013 and 2012.

Have you devoted any time to considering how you could improve your business by an order of magnitude rather than a few percentage points?

And if — inflation is gonna average 2 %, it'll be above by a few percentage points from time to time.

Devaluation risks are much less of a concern to investors now compared with the near panic in 2015 when the currency fell by a few percentage points.

This is not simply because Harper is better liked by Canadians who prefer to steer an SUV while sipping their Starbucks (though polls suggest he is); this is because Conservative candidates finished within a few percentage points of winning quite a few of those suburban ridings in 2006.

At the end of the 1970s, Canadian municipalities managed to save a few tenths of a percentage point of interest by borrowing in d - marks and Swiss francs.

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.

Even if your net worth is low, when the market goes up and down by a few percentage points in a day, there can be sizable dollar amounts at stake.

In fact, over the past few years, credit unions» average personal loan rates have been approximately 1.24 percentage points less than those offered by banks.

Would we not be able to squeak out a few more percentage points of return most years by developing and managing our portfolios more closely?

... over the next five years bonds will probably outperform stocks by a few percentage points, but both will return much less than double digits.

And if you don't believe that, consider that the Fed's moneyless («Portfoli - O - Matic») transmission mechanism has already had one «stress test» — the one administered between late 2008 and 2014 — which it failed miserably, by proving incapable of transforming $ 3.5 trillion in fresh reserves into more than a few percentage points of NGDP growth, or far fewer than were required to restore that growth to its pre-crisis path.

The woman wasn't satisfied with her $ 300,000 house crawling up a few percentage points in value when stocks had risen by double digits annually since 2009.

During the last presidential election cycle, Reed won by only a few percentage points over then - opponent Nate Shinagawa, a former Tompkins County legislator.

The Democrat and Republican in a special House election in the heart of Pennsylvania's Trump country were divided by a few hundred votes in a race that was too close to call early this morning — an ominous sign for Republicans in a district that the president won by nearly 20 percentage points.

Rice ran unsuccessfully for attorney general in 2010, when Schneiderman beat her by fewer than three percentage points.

But the exclusion is a carefully limited one, effectively raising the cap by an average of 1 to 1.5 percentage points (depending on how high pension costs spike in the next few years).

Asurvey published on October 19th showed Michaud and LePage nearly even, with independent candidate Eliot Cutler behind them by a few percentage points.

showed him only trailing front - runner Juanita Perez Williams, a Democrat, by a few percentage points.

A recent poll showed him only trailing front - runner Juanita Perez Williams, a Democrat, by a few percentage points.

Consider this possibility: More than a few elections will be decided by less than a percentage point this year.

(It passed by only a few percentage points.)

None of Wisconsin's eight congressional races — not even an open seat in northeastern Wisconsin — was decided by fewer than 20 percentage points this election.

Buerkle, R - Onondaga Hill, won the 25th Congressional District seat over Democrat Dan Maffei by fewer than 600 votes, or less than 1 percentage point, in the November election.

Officials involved with the project believe that if this delay breaches Webb's cost cap, it will likely only do so by at most a few percentage points.

But the budgets of several research agencies would shrink by a few percentage points, or remain at existing levels.

The results came in last year and were not encouraging: In two shorter trials, heart function improved by a few percentage points or not at all, and one longer study found a slight but temporary benefit.

Scientists have boosted that number by a few percentage points.

Even the illicit «good stuff» might only nudge things in the right direction by a few percentage points.

For men who command a premium due to high incomes or great looks, it may be higher by a few percentage points.

She'll apparently get one if she can become the Class of» 99's valedictorian, but she is currently second in the running by a few percentage points.

Aaron Benavot, Director of the EFA GMR stated: «Aid needs to be shooting upwards, not creeping up by a few percentage points.

Opposition to the formation of Muslim clubs fell by 2 percentage points, while support jumped by no fewer than 24 percentage points.

When told that some people say that a universal program «would introduce much needed competition to the public school system,» overall support for vouchers increases by just a few percentage points.

Does this long and often tendentious book aim merely to increase the weight readers put on signaling by a few percentage points?

On a few items, parents differ from the general public by almost exactly 5 percentage points.

Since 2007 there has been a national decline in the number of school library / media centers and there are fewer library / media centers operating in high ‐ poverty schools than in wealthier schools, especially low income schools in the inner cities, where the number has dropped by five percentage points.

For example, in eighth - grade math, 14 states showed their state proficiency levels differed from the national assessment by 15 percentage points or fewer.

Rob and Troy were able to improve student achievement by a few percentage points on proficiency exams over lecture.

It works like this: the insured's account is reviewed on regular intervals and, if there are no outstanding issues that would otherwise cause the premium to rise, discounts are added and the premium is lowered by a few percentage points.

It's not just that everything is a few percentage points nicer here — it's that BMW seems to have addressed all the quibbles and all - out gripes we had with the previous car in what I can only assume was a highly organized point - by - point Germanic matter.

Although the 2014 Ram HD has an enticing up - front cost, its long - term residual values trail the competition by a few percentage points.

However, the survey found that, while the number of people visiting a physical library location may have dropped by a few percentage point, library website use is up, possibly due to increased access to ebook lending to personal devices and library subscriptions to streaming videos, music, and research tools.

Unsecured loans are only ahead of collateral - backed loans by few percentage points, ranging in low 20 % APRs, and higher.

But had you been underperforming by a few percentage points over a number of years, it would be time to start asking some questions.

Sure could, though I am still ahead by a few percentage points.