Sentences with phrase «rate by a full percentage point»

As Poloz indicated in Toronto, if something went terribly wrong tomorrow, he could cut the benchmark interest rate by a full percentage point before trying something else, such as creating money to purchase bonds.

Compared to FHA home loans, conventional loans could increase rates by a full percentage point if a borrower's loan to value ratio exceeds a specified limit; in many cases, higher loan to value ratios can actually be enough to completely disqualify a mortgage applicant altogether.

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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.

By this time next year, short - term rates might be a full percentage point higher than today.

The agency commissioned a survey that found 720,000 families would struggle to make payments on their home - equity loans if interest rates rose by a mere 0.25 percent, and almost one million would be in trouble if borrowing costs rose a full percentage point.

The Fed's mere mention of trimming QE, though, sent mortgage rates up by a full percentage point this summer.

Yum Brands, in reporting third - quarter earnings, stated «foreign currency translation remains a strong headwind» and that it expected the exchange rate «to impact full - year earnings per share by about 5 percentage points.»

Underemployment, still elevated by just under six million involuntary part - timers, was 9.7 % last month, about a percentage point above what I consider to be its full employment rate (though down from 10.4 % a year ago).

Since October, the U.S. savings rate has climbed by a full percentage point.

Rent growth is pacing almost a full percentage point behind the overall rate of inflation, which stands at 2.4 percent as of the latest data release, and is even further behing the growth in average hourly earnings which have increased by 2.7 percent over the past twelve months.

Teams have never cared less about offensive rebounds, and this season's offensive rebounding rate (22.4 percent) will be the lowest ever by nearly a full percentage point.

• Among African Americans, 26 % of those in the control group attended college full - time at some point within three years of expected high school graduation; among those in the treatment group, the voucher offer increased this rate by 7 percentage points, a 25 % increment.

The EFSF will now be able to loan the full amount allotted to the fund, it will be allowed to buy sovereign bonds on the primary market, and the interest rate on loans to Greece was cut by a percentage point while the maturities of the loans were extended.

The 10 - year U.S. Treasury yields have risen by nearly a full percentage point from the January lows, and short - term rates are starting to climb as well.

For instance, if a bond has a duration of seven years, its price will likely climb 7 % if interest rates fall by one percentage point and lose 7 % if rates rise by a full point.

The each said that they expect interest rates to increase by another quarter - point before the end of the year — making for a full percentage point increase in 12 months.

If the borrower has paid back at least 10 percent of the loan amount by the time he or she enters the full repayment period, then 1 percentage point can be dropped from the existing interest rate.

Freddie Mac is projecting that mortgage interest rates will increase by almost a full percentage point over the next 12 months.

I have spoken with several lenders and it looks like we can refinance our loan — and reduce or interest rate by more than a full percentage point.

You're a very profitable customer for them so they'll typically lower the interest rate by a half or even full percentage point immediately.

One factor driving BMO's promise of a full percentage point off the five - year variable rate is transparency, which the bank figures will help it compete with alternative lenders who aren't bound by the same lending restrictions, experts say.

SunTrust Bank helped spur this week's rate change by increasing the lowest available APR on one of its travel cards by a full percentage point.

Average interest rates rose by a full tenth of a percentage point — pushing the national average to its highest level since early January.

She also argued that the US central bank, the Federal Reserve, was likely to cut US interest rates by half a percentage point in coming months to prevent the US economic slowdown turning into a full - blown recession.

To be fair, after yet another two weeks, the rate could increase by a half point and finally by a full percentage point if unsold after another predetermined period.

If inflation rises to 3 percent by 2015, which is more likely than not, mortgage rates will have to rise by a full percentage point to compensate lenders for the loss in purchasing power of the money returned to them.

Some real estate industry and mortgage experts had predicted that if the government defaulted on its debts, it could send mortgage rates skyrocketing quickly — by one to two full percentage points.

The Mortgage Bankers Association, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the National Association of Realtors are in unison, projecting that rates will increase by nearly a full percentage point by this time next year.

If a jumbo rate is higher, even by a full percentage point, it's still historically pretty low, and buyers looking at a higher - priced home likely expect to pay a higher interest rate already anyway.