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Indeed, these declines shaved 0.7 percentage-points on average from gross domestic product growth in the first two quarters of 2011.
Government Spending Holds Key to Growth Kelly Evans 2011
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Bernstein Research estimates higher prices will account for 2.5 percentage-points of expected 3.2% year-on-year core revenue growth in the July quarter, excluding currency effects and acquisitions.
Heinz Results to Offer Some Food for Thought Kelly Evans 2011
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One supportive sign for the single currency this week has been the spread of 10-year Spanish government bond yields over Germany, which have remained steady near the 1.75-percentage-points mark.
Japan Crisis, Euro's Appeal Take Toll on Dollar Andrew J. Johnson 2011
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The hit to first-quarter GDP next year could be as much as 1.5 percentage-points from government cutbacks alone if the payroll tax cut expires at year-end, notes Goldman Sachs.
Government Spending Holds Key to Growth Kelly Evans 2011
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That compares with a 1.1 percentage-points drop for Inditex in its first quarter—evidence that the Spanish company, with a euro-based cost structure, has been more resilient to recent swings in foreign-exchange markets.
Inditex Defies European Gloom Ilan Brat 2011
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That compares with a low of about 1.3 percentage-points as recently as April.
Mortgage Twist Presents Fed With a Puzzle Kelly Evans 2011
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President Obama won New Mexico by 15 percentage-points in 2008, but the state elected Republican Susana Martinez as governor last year.
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That is still well below the crisis peak of nearly 16 percentage-points, but the speed of the recent increase does echo the start of the upward move in 2008.
Beware of Market Rallies Ahead Kelly Evans 2011
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As of last week, the difference between these two was more than two percentage-points.
Mortgage Twist Presents Fed With a Puzzle Kelly Evans 2011
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That compares with a 1.1 percentage-points drop for Inditex in its first quarter—evidence that the Spanish company, with a euro-based cost structure, has been more resilient to recent swings in foreign-exchange markets.
Inditex Defies European Gloom Ilan Brat 2011
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