break even

Example Sentences

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“Income is coming down, right? If we can stay within our tax bracket, then we have more certainty about what life is going to look like in three to five years from an income standpoint. … If you have a 30-, 40-year time horizon, it’s likely that the break-even point of a conversion will work out for you.”

From MarketWatch

Its guidance for this year was break-even or better, but that was before the conflict in the Middle East sent crude, and by extension jet-fuel prices, skyrocketing.

From MarketWatch

That is because the break-even production cost for oil from the sands is relatively low, around $30 to $40 per barrel, according to Enverus senior energy analyst Michael Berger.

From Barron's

The break-even rate aims to gauge the level of inflation at which owning bonds or Treasury inflation-protected securities produces the same return.

From MarketWatch

On Thursday, a gauge of expectations for inflation over the next year, known as the one-year break-even inflation rate, jumped to 4.62%, according to Bloomberg data.

From MarketWatch