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Meanings of percentage point in English

Portuguese
ponto
Spanish
coma

The dot at the left of a decimal fraction.

        ponto
        Russian
        процент по модулю
        Portuguese
        ponto percentual
        Catalan
        punt percentual
        Spanish
        punto porcentual

        Unit for the arithmetic difference of two percentages.

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              процент по модулю
              Usage of percentage point in English
              1
              Overall, however, the net change will probably be within 1 percentage point.
              Reuters
              2
              For example, five-year government bonds were more than a percentage point higher.
              Radio NZ
              3
              However, some market participants were wagering on a half percentage point cut.
              Reuters
              4
              It forecast an additional 3 percentage point hit from foreign exchange rates.
              Reuters
              5
              Output prices, the prices businesses charge, rose just half a percentage point.
              Radio NZ
              6
              The RealClearPolitics polling average has Trump ahead by about one percentage point.
              The Guardian
              7
              Italian bond spreads have risen nearly one percentage point since Italy's election.
              Reuters
              8
              Monday's poll in the Australian gave them a 10 percentage point lead.
              The Irish Times
              9
              With all precincts reporting, the expansion led by about 1 percentage point.
              Reuters
              10
              Overdraft and term loans rates have risen by half a percentage point.
              The Irish Times
              11
              The unemployment rate declined by five-tenths of a percentage point in 2019.
              Reuters
              12
              The Fed has already cut rates a full percentage point since September.
              Reuters
              13
              The balance of bets is for a reduction of a quarter- percentage point.
              The Irish Times
              14
              The Fed already has cut rates a full percentage point since mid-September.
              Reuters
              15
              Yields on two-year U.S. Treasury notes jumped almost a half percentage point.
              Reuters
              16
              It has never been more than half a percentage point below CPI.
              BBC
              Translations for percentage point