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Prepositions for change in quantity

It is simply de:

Le gouvernement vise à augmenter le taux d’intérêt de deux pour cent.

"De" is used for exact increase, while "par" is used for multiplications or divisions :

Le gouvernement vise à augmenter le taux d’intérêt de trois pour cent

Le président veut mutliplier son salaire par deux

Can you tell me if you read the second sentence somewhere ? It doesn’t feel correct but I may be wrong.

You also mentioned "de … à", it doesn’t change much. à is added to give an interval, but can also be used with par.

En utilisant des tracteurs plutôt que des animaux, les agriculteurs ont multiplié leur production annuelle par trois à quatre.

 

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What is the capital of Tunisia?