Sentences with phrase «quarter percent point»

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The 7 - 2 vote for the rate move, the Fed's third this year, raises the benchmark lending rate by a quarter percentage point to a target range of 1.25 percent to 1.5 percent.

Economists at Macroeconomic Advisers boosted their forecast for fourth - quarter economic growth by three - tenths of a percentage point to an annualized rate of 2.4 percent, on the «unexpected strength» in consumer spending.

This raises the benchmark lending rate by a quarter percentage point to a target range of 1.25 percent to 1.5 percent

In tandem with that reading, 9 percent of repsondents said they planned to decrease head counts at their companies in the next 12 months, which represents a decrease of two percentage points, compared to the third quarter.

The Federal Reserve had been expected to raise its benchmark interest rate a quarter point to a target range of 1.25 percent to 1.5 percent.

Health care followed in second place with 17 percent of venture capital dollars, up two percentage points from the first quarter of 2014.

First quarter sales of $ 15.2 billion were up 10 percent over the prior year, including 6 points of organic sales growth and 3 points of foreign exchange.

Goldman Sachs cut its second - quarter GDP growth estimate by three tenths of a percentage point to 1.0 percent.

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.

Economists said the two reports combined suggested that the third - quarter 3.5 percent annual growth pace could be cut by as much as half a percentage point when the government publishes its revisions later this month.

The committee approved a quarter - point hike at the meeting, putting the benchmark funds rate at a range of 1.5 percent to 1.75 percent.

The economy may be healthy enough for them to raise interest rates, but the new 0.5 percent to 0.75 percent target for the benchmark fed funds rate, up a quarter point from where it had been, remains far below the historical norm — and, by all indications, the Fed still expects rates to stay low for at least a few more years.

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.

Williamson said the PMIs pointed to fourth - quarter GDP growth of 0.1 percent, weaker than the 0.2 percent predicted in a Reuters poll last week, but that very weak expansion is coming at a cost: firms cut prices for the 33rd month.

Commentary: «New equipment orders at Otis were up 19 percent over the year ago third quarter including favorable foreign exchange of 7 percentage points.

rose by 3 points in the first quarter, with 52 percent disapproving and 34 percent approving of his job performance.

Profit trends declined one point to a net negative four percent reporting quarter on quarter profit improvements, one of the best readings in survey history.

In the latest quarter, the percentage of QSRs using kiosks rose four percentage points, to 41 percent of the industry.

Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who is up for re-election in a state where 58 percent of voters approved of President Donald Trump during the first quarter, now finds himself 1 point underwater — 43 percent approve, 44 percent disapprove — after a net slide of 17 points from fourth quarter, the biggest decline of any senator during that period.

retained his spot atop the rankings after picking up 11 points from the previous quarter — 72 percent of registered voters in the Green Mountain State approve of his job performance.

As a point of comparison, Facebook generated $ 11.8 billion in ad sales in the first quarter, up 50 percent from the year prior.

Prior to the release of the jobs report, the futures market was assigning a 93.5 percent probability to another quarter - point rate hike by the Federal Reserve at their mid-June meeting.

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.

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.

Speaking by phone from Montreal on Wednesday, economist Paul - Andre Pinsonnault predicted Governor Stephen Poloz will cut the policy rate by a quarter point to 0.25 percent next month, matching a record low set in 2009 during the global financial crisis.

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...

In a recent set of data released by research firm comScore for the second quarter, RIM with its BlackBerry OS is revealed to have lost 1.6 percentage points from its 12.3 percent share in the first quarter of the year in the US.

«Samsung's smartphone sales declined 8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016 and its share dropped by 2.9 percentage points year on year.»

Huawei, Oppo and BBK accounted for 21.3 percent of smartphones sold to end users worldwide during the fourth quarter of 2016, an increase of 7.3 percentage points year on year.

The Fed raised its benchmark overnight lending rate at its March 20 - 21 meeting by a quarter percentage point to a target range of between 1.50 percent and 1.75 percent.

In the last quarter of 2000, basic material stocks rose 22 percent while tech stocks slid 33 percent, parting ways by 55 percentage points.

During the second quarter, just 11 percentage points stood between industrial companies (up 8.5 percent) and financials (down 2.4 percent).

According to the Federal Reserve Board's G. 19 Consumer Credit report, the total amount of consumer credit outstanding rose by 5.2 percent (SAAR) over the 1st quarter of 2017, 2.4 percentage points less than the 6.6 percent rate of growth in the 4th quarter of 2016.

Development margin increased 6.6 percentage points to 15.8 percent in the first quarter of 2013 from 9.2 percent in the prior year quarter.

After adjusting for the impact of revenue reportability, primarily in the North America segment, and other charges, adjusted development margin increased 5.6 percentage points to 17.7 percent in the first quarter of 2013 from 12.1 percent in the first quarter of 2012.

December 13 - 14: The FOMC raised the fed funds rate by a quarter point, to 0.75 percent.

It raised the interest rate paid on excess and required reserves by a quarter point to 0.5 percent.

Data from the Census Bureau's Housing Vacancy and Homeownership (CPS / HVS) survey show that the US homeownership rate increased to 63.9 percent in the third quarter of 2017, up 0.4 percentage points from the third quarter of 2016.

December 15 - 16: The FOMC raised the fed funds rate a quarter point, to 0.5 percent.

Segment Results North America VPG increased 5 percent to $ 3,255 in the fourth quarter of 2014 from $ 3,103 in the fourth quarter of 2013, driven mainly by an increase in the average number of points purchased per contract and higher pricing.

In a statement ending its latest policy meeting, the Fed boosted its key short - term rate Wednesday by a modest quarter - point to a still - low range of 1.5 percent to 1.75 percent.

Rental revenues net of expenses were $ 12.8 million, a $ 0.7 million, or 4.9 percent, decrease from the third quarter of 2015, primarily reflecting the lower plus points revenues in the quarter.

Adjusted development margin percentage increased 7.1 percentage points to 24.2 percent in the second quarter of 2014 from 17.1 percent in the second quarter of 2013.

Reported development margin increased 600 basis points to 15.4 percent in the second quarter of 2012 as compared to 9.4 percent in the prior year quarter.

Excluding the impacts of revenue reportability, primarily in the North America segment, and other charges, adjusted development margin increased 690 basis points to 12.8 percent in the second quarter of 2012 from 5.9 percent in the second quarter of 2011.

Development margin percentage increased 1.1 percentage points to 24.2 percent in the second quarter of 2014 from 23.1 percent in the second quarter of 2013.

Adjusted development margin percentage increased 2.3 percentage points to 22.6 percent in the third quarter of 2014 from 20.3 percent in the third quarter of 2013.