percent

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An estimated 5 percent of cases have required hospital care already this year; in 2025, 11 percent required hospital care.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

Last week, leading economic institutes more than halved their growth forecast for this year, and now are predicting expansion of just 0.6 percent.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

“Ultimately you end up maybe making more from what we call penny profit … more in absolute dollars, but maybe the percent margin had to shrink,” Kempczinski said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Notably, 94 percent of confirmed cases are “outbreak-associated,” with a majority of cases stemming from outbreaks that started in 2025.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

The “consumer loan” piles that Wall Street firms, led by Goldman Sachs, asked AIG FP to insure went from being 2 percent subprime mortgages to being 95 percent subprime mortgages.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis