Sentence examples for around half a point from inspiring English sources

In the case of potential growth, the size of the revision is quite even from 2005 to 2007 (around half a point), and somewhat smaller in 2004.

As a result, a big appreciation of the dollar cuts GDP growth by around half a point over the following year, according to the Fed's models.

A recent study which tracked 50 countries between 1960 and 2000 shows that every additional year of average educational attainment a nation achieves raises the average annual GDP by around half a percentage point.

According to Moody's, a rating agency, it is costing around half-a-percentage point more to roll over such commercial paper than it did before the crisis.

But £59bn of austerity has still only reduced it by around half-a-percentage point of GDP, to 4.3%.

Including market corrections (a 10% decline in global equity prices and a 20-basis-point rise in equity risk premiums), global growth would be around half a percentage point lower.

Private sector firms could save £100bn over the same period as they award rises of around half a percentage point each year.

During that time a gap of around half a percentage point opened up between the two.

The rates on 15-year loans typically hover around half a percentage point lower than those on 30-year loans.

Over time, such an approach should beat the market (before fees) by around half a percentage point a year.Can it work?

About four months later, rates are actually around half a percentage point lower than they were in March and hovering near historical lows.