basis
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On a monthly basis, China’s PPI rose 1.7% in April from March, compared with a 1.0% rise in March.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
By comparison, education spending by central and local governments rose just over 1% on a per-student basis in 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Fed officials started to cut rates in September 2024, bringing its benchmark rates down 100 basis points by December of that year.
From MarketWatch • May 10, 2026
Brendan Cox, co-founder of the Together Coalition, said: "Extremists are trying to divide us, to target minorities on the basis of their race or religion and to turn community against community. We won't let them".
From BBC • May 9, 2026
Deutsche Bank’s CDO machine paid Hubler the 28 basis points he craved and, in December 2006 and January 2007, cut two deals, of $2 billion each.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade 11)
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"Democracy in America, Vol. 1" by Alexis de Tocqueville, Introduction–Chapter 5
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