percentage point
noun[C]
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aunitofmeasureequalto onepercent, used to refer tochangesininterestrates:
Marketsshowedaslightrecoverywhen the Federal Reservecutshort-terminterestratesbyhalfapercentagepoint.
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That is up by onepercentagepointover the results of the previous year.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The result represented a 1.3percentagepointincrease on its previous performance.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Raising the rate by onepercentagepointwould cover half the shortfall for 75 years.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Episode 4 saw an increase of onepercentagepointfrom the previous week to 3.9 million viewers (16%).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This results in exactly one unit perpercentagepointper litre, of any alcoholic beverage.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The region boasts 955,000 college degree holders, which represents a 31 percent regional college attainment rate and a twopercentagepointincrease.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If he scores more than 50% his new rating is the competition average plus 10 points for eachpercentagepointabove 50.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is the difference between the actual and the natural rate of unemployment of onepercentagepointfor one year.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Relative to total energy consumption, renewable energy sources have increased their share by only about onepercentagepointin the past 20 years.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A onepercentagepointreduction in the structural deficit delivers a 0.67percentagepointimprovement in the actual fiscal deficit.
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