America's Economic Future – A Discussion By Ted Kavadas
On June 17, 2026, the Business Roundtable released its CEO Economic Outlook Survey for the 2nd Quarter of 2026. Notable excerpts from this release, titled “Business Roundtable CEO Economic Outlook Index Increases for Fourth Consecutive Quarter“: The overall Index increased by two points from last quarter to 91, its highest reading since Q4 2024 and …
In the last post (“1st Quarter 2026 Corporate Profits“) I displayed, for reference purposes, a long-term chart depicting Corporate Profits After Tax. There are many ways to view this measure, both on an absolute as well as relative basis. One relative measure is viewing Corporate Profits as a Percentage of GDP. I feel that this …
Today’s (May 28, 2026) GDP release (Q1 2026, Second Estimate) was accompanied by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Corporate Profits report (Preliminary Estimate) for the 1st 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) …
In the last post (“4th Quarter 2025 Corporate Profits“) I displayed, for reference purposes, a long-term chart depicting Corporate Profits After Tax. There are many ways to view this measure, both on an absolute as well as relative basis. One relative measure is viewing Corporate Profits as a Percentage of GDP. I feel that this …
Today’s (April 9, 2026) GDP release (Q4 2025, Third Estimate) was accompanied by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Corporate Profits report (Preliminary Estimate) for the 4th 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) …
On March 11, 2026, the Business Roundtable released its CEO Economic Outlook Survey for the 1st Quarter of 2026. Notable excerpts from this release, titled “Business Roundtable CEO Economic Outlook Index Rises in Q1 2026“: The overall Index increased by nine points from last quarter to 89, above its long-term historic average of 83. CEOs …
On December 11, 2025, the Business Roundtable released its CEO Economic Outlook Survey for the 4th Quarter of 2025. Notable excerpts from this release, titled “Business Roundtable CEO Index Improves But Remains Below Historic Average“: The overall Index posted a four-point increase from last quarter to 80, below its historic average of 83. The slight …
On September 18, 2025, the Business Roundtable released its CEO Economic Outlook Survey for the 3rd Quarter of 2025. Notable excerpts from this release, titled “Business Roundtable CEO Economic Outlook Index Posts Slight Gain, Still Lagging Historically“: The overall Index edged up slightly by seven points from last quarter to 76, still below its historic …
In the last post (“2nd Quarter 2025 Corporate Profits“) I displayed, for reference purposes, a long-term chart depicting Corporate Profits After Tax. There are many ways to view this measure, both on an absolute as well as relative basis. One relative measure is viewing Corporate Profits as a Percentage of GDP. I feel that this …
Today’s (August 28, 2025) GDP release (Q2 2025, Second Estimate) was accompanied by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Corporate Profits report (Preliminary Estimate) for the 2nd 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) …