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Profit Net Rising Index - NABE Industry Survey

Capital Spending

The Graph of the Week comes from the July 2009 NABE Industry Survey, and shows theEmployment Net Rising Index. From the survey:

Dismal global market conditions continue to hammer business profits. For the sixth consecutive quarter, reports
of falling profit margins (36% of respondents) outnumbered reports of rising margins (19%).

The full NABE Industry Survey, including the data series used to construct these graphs, is available to members only. A  summary is available to the public.

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