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English term or phrase:	bp
Spanish translation:	pb
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20:38 Nov 20, 2009

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Bus/Financial - Economics

English term or phrase: bp

I am translating an article on economy. The context: "Information technology (7.2% versus 8.4%) – Although still underweight our benchmark, the 199bp we added to the technology sector was our most significant move during Q3 2009". What does bp stand for? Thanks

paulacava

Explanation:
I'm pretty sure they mean Basis Point here, which is usually abbreviated BPS in English.

Suerte.

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Note added at 11 mins (2009-11-20 20:50:16 GMT)
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199 basis points = 1.99%

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-11-20 22:03:58 GMT)
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Sorry, I thought I had included this in my original answer - I was wondering why everyone was bringing it up in the comments!

The abbreviation "pb" stands for "puntos básicos"

I think I may have confused things with the link to "punto base"...

As I mentioned below, I would enter it as "pb (puntos básicos)" the first time, and just "pb" thereafter.

Could have sworn I typed that originally! Oh well.

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Gordana Sujdovic: puntos básicos - En finanzas, significa la centésima parte de un uno por cien, 100 pb. implica un 1%. http://www.cuentabancariaenusa.com.ar/diccionariodeinversion... A basis point (often denoted as bp or ‱; .., en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basis_point

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-> Gracias, Gordana. Sí, puntos básicos - pb.

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Cristina Heraud-van Tol

24 mins

-> Gracias, Cristina.

agree

GBB: "puntos básicos", mejor sin abreviar.

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-> Gracias, GBB.

agree

Maryán López

38 mins

-> Gracias, Maryán.

agree

Daniel Gebauer: pb - precisamente estoy trabajando sobre un texto español donde proliferan los "pb"s

47 mins

-> Gracias, Daniel. Personalmente, pondría "pb (puntos básicos)" la primera vez, y sólo "pb" después.

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MariaMast

57 mins

-> Gracias, Maria.

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Evelyne Trolley de Prévaux

4 hrs

-> Thanks Evelyne :)

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Gonzalo Tutusaus: Yep

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-> Gracias, Gonzalo.

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Tomás Cano Binder, CT

22 hrs

-> Gracias, Tomás.

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imcven

1 day4 hrs

-> Thank you.

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Rocio Barrientos

1 day15 hrs

-> Thanks Rocio

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Changes made by editors

Dec 4, 2009 - Changes made by James A. Walsh:
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Language pair	Spanish to English => English to Spanish

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