1. At a luncheon with reporters in New York Tuesday, Durbin said short-term interest rates would probably rise a full percentage point over the next year. 2. Auto factory cutbacks played a big role in slowing economic growth during the first quarter, trimming the annual pace of growth by nearly a full percentage point. 3. Because the cap remains, the latest cut will affect only lower-priced domestic bookings and international bookings that still earn the full percentage commission. 4. Boehne said a slowdown in Asia could take off a half to a full percentage point off U.S. growth this year. 5. Bond yields have surged a full percentage point since early February on concerns of a stronger economy. 6. Bond yields have surged more than a full percentage point since early February on concerns of a stronger economy. 7. Abraham suggests that it might lead to an increase of a full percentage point. 8. Broker-run certificates of deposit sometimes yield a full percentage point more than bank CDs. 9. But some analysts believe the Fed is ready to experiment with stronger medicine and could jack up rates by as much as a full percentage point. 10. But short rates will grow a full percentage point, he said, and longs by just a quarter- or a half-point. |