Sentence examples for a percent in from inspiring English sources

Alumni typically receive an additional tenth of a percent in interest on such accounts.

Mr. Gault believes that such a situation would chip away at economic growth in the United States — by three-tenths of a percent in 2011 and another three-tenths of a percent in 2012.

The government now believes recession will extend into next year, with the economy shrinking another half a percent in 2013.

Many had forecast that the economy would grow only seven-tenths of a percent in the April-June quarter.

Up Slightly The Consumer Price Index jumped by 0.6 of a percent in June, the Labor Department reported.

The currency strengthened slightly thereafter, rising by about a third of a percent in the afternoon to its strongest level since late 2008.

But a swing of just 50,000 jobs — a few hundredths of a percent in a job market of more than 135 million people — could have broad implications.

Government spending, earlier reported to have risen by half a percent in the first quarter, actually rose 1.5 percent, Monday's figures showed.

"[We think these] are break-down products from a mineral called perchlorate, and that's there at about a half-a-percent in the soil," said Dr Leshin.

I'm about 65% fluent in French, 30% fluent in German, about half a percent fluent in Spanish.

The researchers saw a change of a few percent in the noise, an effect they attribute to vacuum fluctuations.