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The Swiss National Bank may cut by 50 basis points to counter franc appreciation, while Riksbank could reduce rates by 25 bps.
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Dave Levinthal, Fortune, 16 June 2025
Comparable sales include online sales, which positively impacted comparable sales in fiscal 2024, fiscal 2023, and fiscal 2022 by approximately 50 basis points, 25 basis points, and 45 basis points, respectively.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury moved up more than 5 basis points to 4.411%, while 2-year yields rose more than 4.5 basis points to 3.954%.
—Pia Singh,chloe Taylor, CNBC, 13 June 2025
Mortgage rates have made little meaningful moves at all so far this year: The 30-year-fixed started January at 6.91% and has drifted up and down, a few basis points at a time, since then.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 6 June 2025
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Dave Levinthal, Fortune, 16 June 2025
Comparable sales include online sales, which positively impacted comparable sales in fiscal 2024, fiscal 2023, and fiscal 2022 by approximately 50 basis points, 25 basis points, and 45 basis points, respectively.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury moved up more than 5 basis points to 4.411%, while 2-year yields rose more than 4.5 basis points to 3.954%.
—Pia Singh,chloe Taylor, CNBC, 13 June 2025
Mortgage rates have made little meaningful moves at all so far this year: The 30-year-fixed started January at 6.91% and has drifted up and down, a few basis points at a time, since then.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 6 June 2025
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“Basis point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/basis%20point. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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