percentage

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This will expand profit margins because wage growth has been a few percentage points below sales growth.

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This will expand profit margins because wage growth has been a few percentage points below sales growth.

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Allen said the 1.6 percentage point contribution from net trade was unusually large and is likely to reverse, either through revisions or a drag from inventories in coming quarters.

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Allen said the 1.6 percentage point contribution from net trade was unusually large and is likely to reverse, either through revisions or a drag from inventories in coming quarters.

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Shares remain a few percentage points off the $500 mark after hitting a record closing high of $489.88 on Dec. 16.

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