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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Chronert considered the potential stock implications for a drop in the 2-year Treasury yield by a half percentage point, a steepening yield curve and the potential for either positive or negative economic data. Sarah Min, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025 While investors and many economists expect a quarter percentage point cut in September, Waller, Bowman and Miran may push for a more aggressive half percentage point cut, according to a recent note from Michael Feroli of JP Morgan. Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025 In addition, the survey found that 58% of consumers shopped for clothes secondhand in 2024, a dramatic six-percentage point increase over 2023. Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 The market has been eager for lower borrowing costs – the Fed hasn’t cut rates at all in 2025 after slashing rates by a percentage point across three meetings at the end of last year. David Goldman, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for percentage point

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First Known Use

1958, in the meaning defined above

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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 17 Sep. 2025.

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