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- noun business, management The level of revenues sufficient to cover costs.
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The combined use of revenue estimates and cost estimates— often based on the learning curve—is known as break-even analysis.
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The combined use of revenue estimates and cost estimates— often based on the learning curve—is known as break-even analysis.
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TIPS are regularly adjusted for inflation, so this gap in yields, called the break-even inflation rate, shows how much future interest traders are willing to give up for inflation protection, which can be interpreted as the future inflation rate they expect.
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The difference between yields on 10-year notes and Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, a gauge of trader expectations for consumer prices over the life of the debt known as the break-even rate, fell to 2.22 percentage points today, the narrowest spread since January.
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The difference between yields on 10-year notes and TIPS, a gauge of trader expectations for consumer prices over the life of the debt known as the break-even rate, has increased to 2.44 percentage points, from 1.84 percentage points six months ago.
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The difference between yields on 10-year Treasuries and similar-maturity inflation-linked debt, a gauge of expectations for inflation known as the break-even rate, was at 2.03 percentage points today after shrinking to 1.94 percentage points on Sept. 6, the narrowest since October 2010.
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The difference in yields between 10-year TIPS and 10-year Treasury notes of 2.1 percent, known as the break-even rate, represents traders' expectations for inflation over the life of the securities.
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The difference in yield between 10-year Treasuries and inflation-indexed debt, a measure of the outlook for consumer prices known as the break-even rate, dropped to 1.70 percentage points, the lowest since September 2010.
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The difference between yields on five-year notes and Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, a gauge of trader expectations for consumer prices over the life of the debt known as the break-even rate, widened today to 1.82 percentage points, up from 1.55 at the end of last year.
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The so called break-even rate has risen from a 15- month low of 1.47 percentage points in August.
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