Profits Net Rising Index
The Graph of the Week shows the Profits Net Rising Index from the NABE Industry Survey. From the survey highlights:
Rapidly deteriorating global market conditions are hammering business profits. For the fourth consecutive quarter, reports of falling profit margins (52% of respondents) outnumbered reports of rising margins (10%). This was the worst result since the spring of 1982.
NABE members can read the full survey here. A summary is available for the public here.