half a percentage point

Japanese translation: 0.5パーセント

16:16 Mar 7, 2013
English to Japanese translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general)
English term or phrase: half a percentage point
This is actually a question from something I was interpreting regarding stock prices which "dropped half a percentage point."
I know this is not a complex term but I couldn't quite phrase it in the moment so I went with「 0.5%減少しました」
Is there a better way to say that?
Allyson Sigman
United States
Local time: 19:10
Japanese translation:0.5パーセント
Explanation:
I believe your choice is right.
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Moroi
Austria
Local time: 01:10
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Summary of answers provided
40.5 パーセントポイント
HappySmile
30.5パーセント
Moroi


  

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0.5パーセント


Explanation:
I believe your choice is right.


    Reference: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BB%E3%...
Moroi
Austria
Local time: 01:10
Native speaker of: Japanese
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0.5 パーセントポイント


Explanation:
The "percentage point" is a unit used for the difference between two percentages. In Japanese it is パーセントポイント (or more commonly just ポイント).


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Note added at 3時間 (2013-03-07 20:05:57 GMT)
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Oops, Moroi-san and I found 2 different solutions from a same source :)

Example sentence(s):
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    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percentage_point
    Reference: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BB%E3%...
HappySmile
Switzerland
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