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Chipotle Mexican Grill estimates that the wildfires hurt its January same-store traffic growth by 400 basis points, or 4%.
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Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 16 Feb. 2025
Interest rate futures now suggest traders see about a 70% chance the Fed will reduce rates by another 25 basis points by the end of 2025, down from about an 80% chance on Tuesday, according to CME Fedwatch.
—Noel Randewich and Shashwat Chauhan, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
In other second-quarter statistics, there was a 50.9 percent gross margin rate, representing an increase of 110 basis points year-over-year; inventory decreased 1.3 percent last quarter to 404.6 million euros.
—David Moin, WWD, 11 Feb. 2025
Overall, Fannie Mae expects mortgage rates to be 20 basis points higher in 2025 and 30 basis points higher in 2026 than in its previous outlook.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
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Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 16 Feb. 2025
Interest rate futures now suggest traders see about a 70% chance the Fed will reduce rates by another 25 basis points by the end of 2025, down from about an 80% chance on Tuesday, according to CME Fedwatch.
—Noel Randewich and Shashwat Chauhan, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
In other second-quarter statistics, there was a 50.9 percent gross margin rate, representing an increase of 110 basis points year-over-year; inventory decreased 1.3 percent last quarter to 404.6 million euros.
—David Moin, WWD, 11 Feb. 2025
Overall, Fannie Mae expects mortgage rates to be 20 basis points higher in 2025 and 30 basis points higher in 2026 than in its previous outlook.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Basis point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/basis%20point. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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