Dictionary definition: upper percentage point

Article: HMOs Expect a 4.6% Increase in Insurance Rates and a 1.3 ...
PR Newswire;  October 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... increase in premium rates and a 1.3 percentage point decrease in their medical loss ... overall medical costs: The 1.3 percentage point decline in the medical loss ratio follows a 1.5 percentage point improvement expected for 1997 ...

Dictionary definition: percentage point
A Dictionary of Statistics;      298 words ...percentage point ( lower percentage point ) For the probability distribution of a random variable X , the θ percentage point (or lower θ percentage point) of the distribution is x 1 , such that P(X <  ...

Article: Sberbank lowers loan rates by average of point percentage ...
Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire;  July 2, 2009 ;     675 words ... ... lowers loan rates by average of point percentage point as of July 1 (Part 3) MOSCOW. July ... rates on loans by an average of one percentage point as of July 1, the company's president ... we lowered rates on average of one percentage point," he said. It was earlier reported ...

Article: HMOs Expect an 11.4% Increase in Insurance Rates and a 2.0 ...
PR Newswire;  October 11, 2000 ;     692 words ... ... increase in premium rates and a 2.0 percentage point decrease in their medical loss ... in the Mountain region. The percentage point change in the medical loss ratio spanned a 5.8 percentage point improvement in the Mountain region ...

Article: HMOs Expect an 8.3% Increase in Insurance Rates and a 2.4 ...
PR Newswire;  October 2, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... increase in premium rates and a 2.4 percentage point decrease in their medical loss ... East South Central region. The percentage point change in the medical loss ratio spanned a 5.9 percentage point improvement in the East South Central ...

Article: HMOs Expect a 10.6 Increase in Insurance Rates and a 1.6 ...
PR Newswire;  October 6, 1999 ;     630 words ... ... increase in premium rates and a 1.6 percentage point decrease in their medical loss ... East South Central region. The percentage point change in the medical loss ratio spanned a 4.2 percentage point improvement in the East South Central ...

Article: China raises bank reserve ratio by 0.5 percentage ...
China Business News;  March 18, 2008 ;     533 words ... ... raises bank reserve ratio by 0.5 percentage point to further restrain lending Shanghai ... national bank reserve ratio by 0.5 of a percentage point to 15.5 percent, effective March ... bank reserve ratio went up 0.5 of a percentage point to 8 percent. The PBOC previously ...