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Re:Was corporate profit growth a bubble inflated by "financi... by skrebbel on Friday March 27, 2020 @02:21PM (#22705340)
When you say profit growth was flat, that means that profit grew linearly, correct?

If true then that's pretty impressive and possibly much better than what the markets ~10 years ago expected?

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Re:Was corporate profit growth a bubble inflated by "financi... by timlangeman on Friday March 27, 2020 @03:00PM (#22705745)
Sorry, to clarify, their profit hasn't been growing.

Since 2014, Profit (before taxes) has been roughly $2.2 trillion every year.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=qx3r

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Re:Was corporate profit growth a bubble inflated by "financi... by skrebbel on Friday March 27, 2020 @03:11PM (#22705848)
Ah right. Good point then!
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