percentage point
noun
: one hundredth of a whole : percent
interest rates rose one percentage point from 6.5 percent to 7.5 percent
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That may feel like unnecessary protection until borrowers remember that rates here were around a full percentage point lower this spring.
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Matt Richardson, CBS News, 15 June 2026
Gillum later lost to Republican Ron DeSantis in the general election by less than half a percentage point.
—Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026
Markets are pricing in almost no chance the committee will lower benchmark interest rates, with expectations rising that the central bank instead will hike by a quarter percentage point by the end of the year.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 8 June 2026
With more than 70% of the vote in on Sunday, veteran Democratic politician Xavier Becerra was about a percentage point ahead of Republican Steve Hilton in the governor’s race.
—Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
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Matt Richardson, CBS News, 15 June 2026
Gillum later lost to Republican Ron DeSantis in the general election by less than half a percentage point.
—Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026
Markets are pricing in almost no chance the committee will lower benchmark interest rates, with expectations rising that the central bank instead will hike by a quarter percentage point by the end of the year.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 8 June 2026
With more than 70% of the vote in on Sunday, veteran Democratic politician Xavier Becerra was about a percentage point ahead of Republican Steve Hilton in the governor’s race.
—Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
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“Percentage point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/percentage%20point. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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