Sentences with phrase «rose by a full percentage point»

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.

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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.

Small Caps Hold Up Despite Market Swoon... Since Jan. 1 the small - cap S&P 600 has beaten the Dow by five full percentage points, rising 2.25 %, while the Dow has fallen 2.8 %.

After all, gross profit margin improved by more than a full percentage point in the prior quarter, rising to 52 % of sales.

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.

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

From September through November, FHA serious delinquencies rose a full percentage point and in 2011, the number of seriously delinquent loans increased by 100,399.