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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After surging by more than half a percentage point in March, mortgage interest rates cooled again in April.
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Matt Richardson, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
In early March, an Emerson College poll had Jones leading Jackson by 1 percentage point, 21% to 20%.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 27 Apr. 2026
There is the slimmest possibility — less than a percentage point — that the Fed will hike.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
One analyst predicted a move of a full percentage point.
—Bloomberg, 24 Apr. 2026
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Matt Richardson, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
In early March, an Emerson College poll had Jones leading Jackson by 1 percentage point, 21% to 20%.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 27 Apr. 2026
There is the slimmest possibility — less than a percentage point — that the Fed will hike.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
One analyst predicted a move of a full percentage point.
—Bloomberg, 24 Apr. 2026
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“Percentage point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/percentage%20point. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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