Rates, quotes and returns
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Understand
Identify quote direction and units before calculating. A basis point is 0.01 percentage point. Yield changes and price changes are different quantities. Distinguish Hong Kong currency arrangements from global interest rates.
Worked example
A rate from 4.00% to 4.25% rises 25 basis points, or 6.25% relative to its old level. These answer different questions.
Examples and numbers are educational, not employer questions, live market data or hiring criteria.
Practise and keep your output
Express a move from 3.5% to 3.2% in percentage points and basis points; identify the base currency in an FX quote.
Keep inputs and sources, assumptions, steps, results and uncertainties in your own document. Attempt independently before checking below.
After attempting: answer and self-check
The change is −0.3 percentage point, or −30 basis points. State which currency one unit of the quote represents.
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