ECONOMICS, FINANCE
Markets showed a slight recovery when the Federal Reserve cut short-term interest rates by half a percentage point.
Meaning of percentage point in English
Examples of percentage point
percentage point
That's well within the poll's 4.5 percentage point margin of error.
From CNN
Exports gained 4.1 percent and imports fell 0.4 percent, meaning net trade added 1.3 percentage point to growth -- the biggest contribution of any category.
From Bloomberg
As far as inflation is concerned, "every tenth of a percentage point can be a source of hope or despair," he said.
From Bloomberg
Instead, she held a lead among voters between 45 and 64 by only one percentage point.
From The Atlantic
That'd be enough to bring the unemployment rate down by nearly a full percentage point.
From ThinkProgress
That's a 12 percentage point increase from last year.
From Huffington Post
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