America's Economic Future – A Discussion By Ted Kavadas
In the last post (“3rd Quarter 2015 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 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, …
On October 9, 2015, The Conference Board and PwC released the 3rd Quarter Measure Of CEO Confidence. The overall measure of CEO Confidence was at 48, down from 58 in the second quarter. [note: a reading of more than 50 points reflects more positive than negative responses] Notable excerpts from this October 9 Press Release include: …
Recently Deloitte released their “CFO Signals” “High-Level Summary” report for the 3rd Quarter of 2015. As seen in page 2 of the report, “One hundred fourteen CFOs responded during the two-week period ending August 21. Seventy-one percent of respondents are from public companies, and 84% are from companies with more than $1B in annual revenue. …
On September 10, 2015 the September Duke/CFO Global Business Outlook was released. It contains a variety of statistics regarding how CFOs view business and economic conditions. In this CFO survey, I found the following to be the most notable excerpts: Ninety-three percent of U.S. companies say they have job openings in key positions and nearly half of …
In the last post (“2nd Quarter 2015 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 GDP release (Q2, 2nd Estimate)(pdf) was accompanied by the BLS Corporate Profits report 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) showing the Corporate Profits After Tax (last updated August 27, 2015, …
Recently Deloitte released their “CFO Signals” “High-Level Summary” report for the 2nd Quarter of 2015. As seen in page 2 of the report, “One hundred one CFOs responded during the two-week period ending May 22. Seventy-one percent of respondents are from public companies, and 84% are from companies with more than $1B in annual revenue. …
On July 8, 2015, The Conference Board and PwC released the 2nd Quarter Measure Of CEO Confidence. The overall measure of CEO Confidence was at 58, up from 57 in the first quarter. [note: a reading of more than 50 points reflects more positive than negative responses] Notable excerpts from this July 8 Press Release include: …
On June 5, 2015 the June Duke/CFO Magazine Global Business Outlook Survey (pdf) was released. It contains a variety of statistics regarding how CFOs view business and economic conditions. In this CFO Survey, I found the following to be the most notable excerpts: U.S. companies expect wage hikes of more than 3 percent over the next year, with …