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RBA Glossary definition for basis point

basis point – A basis point is 1/100th of 1 per cent or 0.01 per cent, so 100 basis points (bps) is equal to 1 percentage point. The term is used in money and securities markets to define differences in interest or yield. If an interest rate were to increase from 2 per cent to 3 per cent, it is said to have risen by 100 basis points (bps) or one percentage point.

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31 Dec 2005 RDP 2005-04
Tim Robinson and Andrew Stone
it is not until year 6 that it even reaches 25 basis points. ... By contrast, in the β = 1.0 economy, the corresponding ‘ZLB effect’ is still negligible in year 4, and only reaches 26 basis points in year 6.
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Methodology

31 Dec 2005 RDP 2005-04
Tim Robinson and Andrew Stone
It is at this point that our treatment diverges from that in Gruen et al (2003). ... cent declines in the Wilshire 5,000 index were commonly the basis for the forecasts.
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Conclusions

31 Dec 2005 RDP 2005-04
Tim Robinson and Andrew Stone
tighter (), looser () or little different (=) than otherwise (where ‘little different’ here denotes an impact of less than 25 basis points). ... The key point, however, is that this is not uniformly so – and, for different scenarios, the form of
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2005/2005-04/conclusions.html