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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The prose looks polished, charts look clean, and a single percentage point buried in the model quietly pushes the decision in a different direction.
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Arkansas Online, 8 Jan. 2026
The 15-16 percentage point spread means that saving your way out of debt is virtually impossible.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
Less than a year before the midterm elections, Republicans hold a polling edge compared to Democrats, who, on average, have a 4 percentage point lead over the GOP in generic congressional ballot polls, per RealClearPolitics.
—Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 7 Jan. 2026
According to projections made at the December meeting, that’s only about half a percentage point from the committee consensus on the neutral rate, or one that neither supports nor restrains growth.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2026
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Arkansas Online, 8 Jan. 2026
The 15-16 percentage point spread means that saving your way out of debt is virtually impossible.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
Less than a year before the midterm elections, Republicans hold a polling edge compared to Democrats, who, on average, have a 4 percentage point lead over the GOP in generic congressional ballot polls, per RealClearPolitics.
—Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 7 Jan. 2026
According to projections made at the December meeting, that’s only about half a percentage point from the committee consensus on the neutral rate, or one that neither supports nor restrains growth.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2026
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“Percentage point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/percentage%20point. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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