3rd Quarter 2015 Corporate Profits

Today’s GDP release (Q3, 2nd Estimate)(pdf) was accompanied by the BLS Corporate Profits report for the 3rd Quarter.

Of course, there are many ways to adjust and depict overall Corporate Profits.  For reference purposes, here is a chart from the St. Louis Federal Reserve (FRED) showing the Corporate Profits After Tax (last updated November 24, 2015, with a value of $1785.8 Billion):

Corporate Profits

Here is the Corporate Profits After Tax measure shown on a Percentage Change from a Year Ago perspective:

corporate profits percent change from year ago

Data Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Economic Data, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Corporate Profits After Tax [CP]; U.S. Department of Commerce: Bureau of Economic Analysis; accessed November 24, 2015; https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/CP

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