Estimates of a company’s future earnings usually are reported on a per-share basis, either for a quarter or a fiscal year. Earnings estimates are the projected profits of a company for a period.

The use of basis points, in this case, makes the meaning clear. If the instrument is priced at a 10% rate of interest and experiences a 100 bp move up, its rate would then be 11%. If the ...

are made the basis of estimates of marine and fluvial erosion. A rate relationship between the two is deduced. Rates of cliff recession appear to be of similar magnitude to those found on the Acadian ...