Synonyms for basis point
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1. basis pointnoun

   Synonyms:
   permyriad,

2. basis pointnoun

   One hundredth of one percentage point

   Synonyms:
   , permyriad

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1. Bill Gross:

   A 30-year Treasury at 2.5 percent can wipe out your annual income in one day with a 10 basis point increase, the secret in a negative interest rate world that poses extraordinary duration risk for AAA sovereign bonds is to No 1, keep bond maturities short and No 2 borrow at those attractive yields in a mildly levered form that provides a yield and expected return of 5-6 percent.

2. Robert Dobrzycki:

   Asian investors are starting to look around because they see the differences in yields with western Europe, sometimes the difference might be 30 kilometers to the border but a 100 to 150 basis point difference in yields.

3. George Ratiu:

   Core inflation remains stubbornly elevated, putting pressure on Federal Reserve to maintain an aggressive stance on monetary tightening, markets are keeping a close eye on the central bank's meeting next week, expecting another 75-basis-point increase in the policy rate, if not a 100-basis-point jump.

4. Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester:

   Setting aside what financial market participants expected us to do, I saw a compelling economic case for a 50 basis-point increase, which would have brought the top of the target range to 5%.

5. David Rubenstein:

   We're going to have two consecutive 50 basis point hikes over the next few meetings. If it's less, the market will think Federal Open Market Committee doesn't take [ the economic situation and high inflation ] seriously. If it's more, [ the market ] will think it's worse than we thought.