percentage point

noun

: one hundredth of a whole : percent

interest rates rose one percentage point from 6.5 percent to 7.5 percent

Examples of percentage point in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Traders in the fed funds futures market are pricing in an initial quarter percentage point rate cut in September followed by at least one more before the end of the year, according to the CME Group’s FedWatch measure. —

Jeff Cox, CNBC, 17 July 2024 The current average yield on cat bonds — which consists of an 8.5 percentage point risk premium on top of a US Treasury rate of about 5.2% — is almost triple the level investors received in 2020. —

Gautam Naik, Fortune, 16 July 2024 The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party came in second place, projected to receive 16% of the vote – a 5 percentage point club from the 2019 European Parliament election. —

Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 10 June 2024 Treasury-bill rates, which closely track the Fed’s benchmark rate, have gone up by about half a percentage point in those longer-term projections. —

Viktoria Dendrinou, Fortune, 26 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for percentage point

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Word History

First Known Use

1958, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of percentage point was in 1958

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“Percentage point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/percentage%20point. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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