How to Use basis point in a Sentence

basis point

noun
  • Fed cuts rates by 25 basis points.
    — Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Short-term 2-year gilt yields fell by 3 basis points.
    — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The rate was just 7 basis points lower the same week one year ago.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
  • One basis point is equal to one one-hundredth of a percent.
    — Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 27 May 2026
  • The benchmark bond has lost about 40 basis points so far this year.
    — Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Last year that rate was 64 basis points higher.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026
  • So, for that matter, might the 27 basis point rate on five year bonds.
    — George Selgin, National Review, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Last year, rates were 76 basis points higher.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2026
  • One basis point is equal to one one-hundredth of a percentage point.
    — Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
  • One basis point is equal to one one-hundredth of a percentage point.
    — Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Moving mortgage rates 50 basis points will not be a huge change.
    — CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Yields need to rise about 150 basis points across the board for that to be fair value.
    — Marley Jay, The Seattle Times, 20 Jan. 2018
  • That is because rates a year ago were 78 basis points higher.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The rate on the 30-year fixed was 15 basis points higher a year ago.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Mortgage rates were 74 basis points higher a year ago.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The 30-year fixed was 86 basis points lower year over year.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Last year at this time, the 30-year fixed was 55 basis points higher.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
  • In 2022, the spread was as high as 180 basis points.
    — Jenni Reid,ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Traders in overnight swaps now price in 8 basis points of hikes by the August meeting.
    — Ott Ummelas, Bloomberg, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Last year at this time, the rate on the 30-year fixed was 37 basis points higher.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2025
  • The benchmark 10-year note has lost about 30 basis points since the start of the year.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Bonds yields moved up, with the 10-Year yield up roughly 2 basis points.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The yield spread was 1 basis point (one-hundredth of a percentage point).
    — William Baldwin, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • That is expected to drive down mortgage rates by as much as 50 basis points.
    — Bloomberg, Oc Register, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Now the bank expects nearly 125 basis points of hikes.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2026
  • And a reduction of at least 25 basis points is all but certain.
    — Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The Fed moved to raise rates by 25 basis points, as expected.
    — Susan Tompor, ajc, 26 Mar. 2018
  • The market has already priced in a 25 basis points lift to the Fed funds rate.
    — Annabelle Liang, The Seattle Times, 25 Sep. 2018
  • Compared to the fourth quarter last year, the net charge-off rate was down 113 basis points.
    — CNBC, 23 Jan. 2026
  • This, even though mortgage rates were 32 basis points higher last week than the year before.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025

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