Economy
Basis points equal exactly one hundredth of a percent
HERE’S THE INTERESTING PART
Financial analysts refuse to speak in normal percentages because it doesn't sound nearly sophisticated enough for their salaries. Instead, they invented basis points, a needlessly granular metric where one hundred units equal a single, measly percentage point. It allows them to report microscopic shifts in interest rates as massive, dramatic numeric swings.
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