percentage
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Samuel Tombs, chief U.S. economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, calculates that higher gasoline prices will likely only add roughly 0.3 percentage points to headline sales in the April data.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
Ahmad said scientists will have to examine whether the difference in percentage declines in 2024 and 2025 indicates whether the U.S. might be losing momentum.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
The PCE index topped out at 7.2% in 2022, 4 percentage points below the wholesale rate.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
When undecided voters were asked who they would vote for if they had to make a choice, Raman leapfrogged Pratt — though by less than a percentage point, the poll found.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
They might actually improve the perceived quality of the pool of loans and increase the percentage that could be declared triple-A.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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