Sentences with phrase «percentage point rise»

A one percentage point rise in a portfolio's yield typically causes the price to fall in line with its duration.

Gallup finds that the U.S. uninsurance rate rose to 12.3 % in the third quarter of 2017 — a 1.4 percentage point rise since the end of 2016 and the first significant increase in the rate of uninsured Americans since Obamacare's coverage expansion and requirement to carry insurance took effect in 2014.

Overall 57.3 percent of students rated a proficient in math, up from 54 percent last year, and 43.9 percent in English language arts, a 1.5 percentage point rise from last year.

«We examined how a 1 percentage point rise in mortgage rates would impact monthly payments for the typical home in 35 metro areas, and found that the difference this year versus next year varies dramatically from market to market.

During that period, real estate's share of total wealth rose to 57 % from 46 % for households in the bottom 20 % income bracket, compared with just a six percentage point rise to 40 % for those in the highest - earning quintile.

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.

«We find that a 3 percentage point rise in unemployment at the time of major choice leads to a distribution of majors that earns roughly 1.35 percent more, on average, for their long - run earnings,» the paper says.

Looking at quarterly data, since 1990 every one percentage point rise in industrial commodity prices (using the JOC Industrial Metals Index) has translated into roughly 0.30 % outperformance by emerging markets.

For the next decade, we're forecasting a one percentage point rise in the saving rate annually.

For every 10 percentage point rise in the share of their class that is black, black students» reading scores fall by 0.250 points, Hispanic students» reading scores fall by 0.098 points, and white students» reading scores fall by 0.062 points.

For instance, for every 10 percentage point rise in the share of their class that is Hispanic, Hispanic 5th graders» reading scores fall by 0.142 points and their math scores fall by 0.205 points.

A decline of 10 national percentile points on a school's test performance in the year before inspection is associated with a 3 percentage point rise in the likelihood of being rated fail, taking into account the proportion of students eligible for free lunch, as well as the local authority in which the school is located.

He's examined recessions in the U.S., Canada and other industrialized countries going back to the 1960s, and he's boiled his findings down to a simple formula — a one percentage point rise in unemployment causes the death rate to fall by half a percent and the overall number of medical problems to fall 1.5 %.

«For example, if inflation in 2011 were a.5 percentage point below the Fed's inflation objective, the Fed might aim to offset this miss by an additional.5 percentage point rise in the price level in future years.»

Even a hefty 20 percent down payment results in a leverage factor of five so that every percentage point rise in the value of the home is a 5 percent return on their equity.

During that period, real estate's share of total wealth rose to 57 % from 46 % for households in the bottom 20 % income bracket, compared with just a six percentage point rise to 40 % for those in the highest - earning quintile.

A 0.8 percentage point rise in the 10 - year Treasury yield in May and June last year spurred a sell - off that caused $ 248 billion of market value losses on the Bank of America Merrill Lynch U.S. Corporate and High Yield Index.

The benchmark's current duration implies a 7.6 % decline with a one - percentage point rise.

Builders have blamed a 1 percentage point rise in interest rates between May and September as one big culprit in slowing new - home sales in their markets.

The quarter of a percentage point rise in mortgage rates would add about $ 43 a month to a hypothetical $ 300,000, 30 - year mortgage with a 3.75 % rate, explains Gino Blefari, CEO of HSF Affiliates.

«If we see a pretty quick rise [in mortgage rates]-- maybe a half a percentage point to percentage point rise — it'll make for some bumpy demand in 2014,» says Ellen Haberle, an economist at Redfin.