Profits Net Rising Index
The Graph of the Week comes from the April 2009 NABE Industry Survey, and shows theProfits Net Rising Index. From the survey:
Deteriorating global market conditions have hammered business profits. For the fifth consecutive quarter, reports of falling profit margins (45% of respondents) outnumbered reports of rising margins (14%).
NABE members can read the whole report, and download the spreadsheet containing the data, here. There is a summary available to the public.