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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Those gains marked a stunning reversal from their near double-digit percentage point drops this week.
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Liz Napolitano,arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 6 Feb. 2026
However, consumer staples, utilities, and health care rallied significantly over the months ahead, and in September the S&P 500 actually came within a percentage point of its record high from six months earlier.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2026
That’s around a seven percentage point increase from 2023 for both metrics.
—Bri Hatch, Chalkbeat, 26 Jan. 2026
The labor market has slowed in recent months, while inflation has hovered nearly a percentage point higher than the Federal Reserve’s target rate of 2%.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 26 Jan. 2026
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Liz Napolitano,arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 6 Feb. 2026
However, consumer staples, utilities, and health care rallied significantly over the months ahead, and in September the S&P 500 actually came within a percentage point of its record high from six months earlier.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2026
That’s around a seven percentage point increase from 2023 for both metrics.
—Bri Hatch, Chalkbeat, 26 Jan. 2026
The labor market has slowed in recent months, while inflation has hovered nearly a percentage point higher than the Federal Reserve’s target rate of 2%.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 26 Jan. 2026
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“Percentage point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/percentage%20point. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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