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That’s exactly why

• ginko 3y ago
  Exactly why what? "0.25%" is a lot easier to understand. It's even fewer characters than "25 bps"
  • nequo 3y ago
    But it isn’t 0.25 percent. It’s 0.25 percentage points.[1] Writing 25 basis points is shorter than that. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percentage_point https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percentage_point
  • bryanlarsen 3y ago
    It's inaccurate. An 0.25% increase on 5% is 5.0125%.
  • tmn 3y ago
    Do you see the ambiguity with saying it how you suggest now?