BlackRock executive Rick Rieder reportedly thinks the U.S. Federal Reserve could slash rates by 50 basis points in September.

Ghana's central bank on Wednesday lowered its benchmark policy rate by 300 basis points to 25%, exceeding expectations, as ...

Radhika Rao of DBS Bank outlines the impact of tariffs on Southeast Asian countries even if they managed to lower U.S.

Basis points help communicate small percentage changes and are easier to say and understand without a calculator in hand. For example, a change from 4.25 percent to 4.50 percent is a difference of ...

Mozambique's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by 75 basis points to 10.25% on Thursday, saying it expects inflation to remain in single digits over the medium term.

JOHANNESBURG - Relief for indebted consumers. The South African Reserve Bank has cut interest rates by another 25 basis ...

Despite basis points being a crucial part of one’s operation, Andrew Evans, CEO at Rossby Financial, said it’s a tax levied on financial advisors without a commensurate increase in significant ...

Investment professionals regularly refer to "basis points" when discussing things like bond yields and mutual funds. Why does this seemingly tiny unit of measure—one basis point is equal to one ...

The bond market was mixed in last week's holiday-interrupted trading, but the 30-year Treasury bond yield fell 8 basis points, to 5.69 percent, leaving the long end of the yield curve more inverted.

One basis point is equivalent to one one-hundredth of one percent. In other words, 50 basis points equals 0.50 percent, and 100 basis points equals 1 percent.