Last week, Italy increased the value added tax a full percentage point to 21%.
Price increases also picked-up by a full percentage point to an index value of 56.5.
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Italy was the latest to do so, by a full percentage point, on October 26th.
Overall rate of drug use was up almost a full percentage point over the 2008 survey.
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The unemployment rate for veterans is 9.2%, a full percentage point higher than the overall unemployment rate.
The unemployment rate dropped 0.1% in March to 8.8% a full percentage point below its November level.
The yield on the 10-year note this week hit 3.33%, a full percentage point above its October low.
It also would increase the size of the economy by a full percentage point by 2017, and increase employment.
The charge is usually a full percentage point higher than the policy rate.
Utilities are up almost a full percentage point, three-fourths of a percentage point.
Manufacturing output is surging and GDP growth could exceed the current estimate of 2.5% by a full percentage point.
It has beaten the Russell 1000 index by a full percentage point (with a 3.2% annual return to 2.2% for the index).
That model is based on GDP growth of 3.3% in the U.S., which is more than a full percentage point above consensus.
According to Moody's, a rating agency, the third-quarter delinquency rate of 3.89% was almost a full percentage point below the historical average.
The rate on the 30 year treasury is currently at 4.4%, a full percentage point higher than it was only a few months ago.
The IOUs were rated AAA but yielded 100 basis points (that is, a full percentage point) more than comparable maturity AA-rated corporates at the time.
Number crunchers at the Congressional Budget Office are predicting that number will rise by as much as a full percentage point in the coming year.
The IMF thinks that Italian GDP will rise by just 0.3% in 2012, down a full percentage point from the 1.3% it predicted in June.
It suggests that the German interest rate should now be a full percentage point lower than that set for the euro area as a whole.
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If they are, and America's sustainable long-term rate of growth has increased by a full percentage point or more, the outlook for everybody is doubly fine.
It has now plummeted a full percentage point in four months, a feat unmatched since early 1984 and a fact Mr Obama made sure to point out.
Tour Eiffel has a 5.7% earnings yield, a full percentage point greater than the French ten-year, whereas U.S. REITs average just a half-point over the ten-year T note.
Research by economists Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff indicates that debt-to-GDP ratios above 90% have a dire effect on output, typically cutting GDP by a full percentage point annually.
Official figures may well overstate inflation by perhaps a full percentage point, so there are worries now that inflation may even be too low, if not veering into deflation.
Overall, since America abandoned the firm link to gold of Bretton Woods, real economic growth (1972-2010) has been a full percentage point lower than during the Bretton Woods era (1948-1971).
Sandeep Muthangi of Indian brokerage IIFL Capital says the draft provisions could increase wage costs for Indian companies by 12-15 percent and bring profit margins down by a full percentage point.
The company noted that 6 of the 9 percentage points in revenue growth stemmed from organic growth and 4 were derived from currency gains, while a full percentage point was lost due to divestitures.
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It also shows that states without a personal income tax have average annual growth rates 0.5 percent higher than other states, while states without corporate income taxes average a full percentage point higher each year.
Chrysler will also break even in share over the next few years after pushing its year-to-date share of the U.S. market to 11.6 percent, nearly a full percentage point above its 10.7 percent of last year.
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