percentage point
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a unit of difference between two percentages
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Examples (10)
- The central bank raised the interest rate by one percentage point.
- The margin of victory was less than a single percentage point.
- Economic growth is expected to increase by half a percentage point next year.
- The candidate is trailing by three percentage points in the latest polls.
- Inflation dropped by 0.5 percentage points in the last quarter.
- The corporate tax rate was reduced by two percentage points.
- There was a ten percentage point difference between the two groups.
- Sales tax will increase by one percentage point starting in July.
- The survey showed a five percentage point increase in customer satisfaction.
- Unemployment has fallen by two percentage points this month.