Data on Profit Rates and Shares

from Survey of Current Business, June 1998.


Rate of Return and Income Share, Domestic Non-Financial Corporations (percent)

 

 

 

year

rate of return

Share of domestic income

 

 

 

 

 

Total

profits from current production

Net interest

 

 

 

total

 

Profits tax liability

 

Profits after tax

total

Profits from current production

 

 

 

 

Net interest

1960

8.7

8.0

3.8

4.2

0.7

19.6

18.1

1.5

1961

8.8

8.0

3.8

4.3

0.8

19.7

18.0

1.7

1962

10.0

9.2

3.9

5.3

0.9

21.1

19.3

1.8

1963

10.8

9.9

4.1

5.8

0.9

22.1

20.3

1.8

1964

11.5

10.6

4.2

6.5

0.9

22.7

20.9

1.8

1965

12.7

11.7

4.4

7.2

1.0

23.9

22.0

1.9

1966

12.6

11.5

4.5

7.0

1.1

23.3

21.3

2.1

1967

11.3

10.1

3.9

6.3

1.2

21.9

19.5

2.3

1968

11.2

9.9

4.3

5.6

1.3

21.3

18.9

2.5

1969

9.9

8.4

3.9

4.5

1.5

19.3

16.3

3.0

1970

8.0

6.2

2.9

3.3

1.8

16.6

12.8

3.8

1971

8.5

6.7

2.9

3.8

1.8

17.8

14.1

3.7

1972

8.9

7.2

3.0

4.2

1.7

18.2

14.7

3.5

1973

8.8

7.0

3.2

3.8

1.8

17.8

14.2

3.7

1974

7.1

5.1

2.9

2.2

1.9

15.6

11.3

4.3

1975

7.5

5.8

2.5

3.3

1.7

17.8

13.8

4.1

1976

7.8

6.4

2.8

3.5

1.5

18.2

14.7

3.4

1977

8.3

6.8

2.9

3.9

1.5

18.6

15.3

3.4

1978

8.2

6.7

2.9

3.8

1.5

18.2

14.8

3.5

1979

7.3

5.6

2.6

2.9

1.6

16.6

12.7

3.9

1980

6.2

4.3

2.2

2.1

1.9

15.1

10.4

4.7

1981

6.8

4.7

1.9

2.8

2.1

16.5

11.4

5.1

1982

6.1

3.9

1.3

2.6

2.2

15.6

9.9

5.7

1983

6.8

4.8

1.6

3.2

2.0

16.8

11.8

5.0

1984

8.2

6.0

1.9

4.2

2.2

18.7

13.7

5.0

1985

8.0

5.8

1.7

4.2

2.2

18.0

13.1

4.9

1986

7.5

5.2

1.7

3.5

2.3

16.8

11.7

5.1

1987

8.1

5.7

2.1

3.7

2.3

17.5

12.4

5.1

1988

8.7

6.2

2.1

4.0

2.5

18.4

13.0

5.4

1989

8.4

5.5

2.0

3.5

2.9

17.8

11.7

6.2

1990

8.0

5.2

1.8

3.4

2.8

17.1

11.1

6.0

1991

7.5

5.0

1.6

3.4

2.5

16.2

10.8

5.4

1992

7.3

5.4

1.7

3.7

1.9

15.4

11.4

4.0

1993

7.7

6.1

1.8

4.2

1.7

16.1

12.7

3.5

1994

8.9

7.3

2.1

5.1

1.6

18.0

14.8

3.3

1995

9.1

7.5

2.2

5.3

1.6

18.4

15.2

3.3

1996

9.5

8.2

2.3

5.9

1.3

19.1

16.5

2.7

1997

9.8

8.6

2.4

6.2

1.2

19.2

16.8

2.4

Avg.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1960-69

10.8

9.7

4.1

5.7

1.0

21.5

19.5

2.0

1970-79

8.0

6.4

2.9

3.5

1.7

17.5

13.8

3.7

1980-89

7.5

5.2

1.9

3.4

2.3

17.1

11.9

5.2

1990-97

8.5

6.7

2.0

4.7

1.8

17.4

13.7

3.8

date

Total rate of return

Total

Profits tax liability

Profits after tax

interest

Total

Profits from current production

Net interest

Profits from current production

Share of domestic income

Rates of return



Last Updated on 2/4/99
By James Devine
Email:
jdevine@lmumail.lmu.edu