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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In the Bay Area, San Jose and San Francisco saw their populations contract slightly — each by less than half a percentage point.
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Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
The company projected an operating margin of 33%, a roughly 6 percentage point year-over-year improvement.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 Apr. 2025
The results for each are within 1 percentage point of their 2018-2020 levels, according to the analysis.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
Markets expect the Fed to start reducing rates again in June and to enact three or four quarter percentage point cuts by the end of 2025, according to the CME Group’s FedWatch gauge.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2025
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Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
The company projected an operating margin of 33%, a roughly 6 percentage point year-over-year improvement.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 Apr. 2025
The results for each are within 1 percentage point of their 2018-2020 levels, according to the analysis.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
Markets expect the Fed to start reducing rates again in June and to enact three or four quarter percentage point cuts by the end of 2025, according to the CME Group’s FedWatch gauge.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for percentage point
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“Percentage point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/percentage%20point. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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