Sentences with phrase «slowed by a quarter of a percentage point»
The last time the U.S. went through a partial government paralysis in 1995 - 1996 — for roughly three weeks in two separate instances — economic growth slowed by a quarter of a percentage point during the last three months of 1995.
Rather than the slow pace of rate hikes so far that has kept interest income at a low level, increase rates by a half or three - quartersof a percentagepoint in one shot.
Consumer credit outstanding grew by a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 7.5 %, $ 257.7 billion, in the third quarterof 2015, 1.0 percentagepointslower than the 8.5 % rate of growth recorded in the second quarterof 2015.