Sentence examples for point increase from inspiring English sources

A 6.5 percentage point increase in interest rates.

"Every percentage point increase in homegrown renewable energy makes us that much more energy secure.

The losses, were outweighed, however, by the fifth grade's 17-percentage point increase.

Its load factor was 72.9percentt, a 0.5 percentage point increase from December 2002.

Now those debt costs are rising with every basis point increase in bond yields.

"I expect a one percentage point increase in interest rates in the coming year".

Economists had expected a quarter-point increase.

"It's the equivalent of a quarter-point increase in interest".

Lehman Brothers' economists predict another half-point increase by the Fed in June and a final quarter-point increase in August.

A quarter-point increase is seen as a done deal; some analysts say the first half-point increase since Bank independence could be in prospect.

The earlier quarter-point increase was the bank's first adjustment since August 2000.