As the first chart shows, between the end of World War II and around 2000, U.S. profits largely ranged between 5% to 7% of GDP, so the 2000 bubble peak wasn’t all that remarkable.

Katie Porter pulls out chart at hearing to show corporate greed is the “biggest driver of inflation” Armed with a chart, Porter got economist Mike Konczal to agree that corporate profits drove ...

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Coverage ratios, which compare a firm’s profits with its interest costs, have begun an ominous decline (see chart 2). In the private debt market, where default rates tend to be higher, borrowers ...

U.S. Rep. Katie Porter is pulling out her famous charts. This time it’s to argue that corporate greed is driving inflation. We’ll explain why this debate isn’t settled. Plus, Liz Truss ...

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Raising corporate taxes - not cutting them - frequently delivers faster economic growth Stock investors are fooling themselves if they believe that corporate profits will grow faster once ...

Stocks continue to sit near five-year highs thanks to corporate profits rebounding from the recession and surging to all-time highs. Meanwhile, the U.S. economic recovery continues to be anemic ...

In a note that accompanies the charts below, Deutsche Bank strategist Jim Reid notes that U.S. corporate profits and asset prices are near all-time highs, while the budget and trade deficits are ...