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

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

Word History

First Known Use

1958, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for percentage point

• adjoint
• anoint
• appoint
• checkpoint
• conjoint
• disjoint
• endpoint
• gunpoint
• midpoint
• nonpoint
• pinpoint
• standpoint