Corporate Profits (% of GDP)
11.4%
· Jan 2026
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1948-49 Recession · Nov 1948 – Oct 1949
1953-54 Recession · Jul 1953 – May 1954
1957-58 Recession · Aug 1957 – Apr 1958
1960-61 Recession · Apr 1960 – Feb 1961
1969-70 Recession · Dec 1969 – Nov 1970
1973-75 Recession · Nov 1973 – Mar 1975
1980 Recession · Jan 1980 – Jul 1980
1981-82 Recession · Jul 1981 – Nov 1982
1990-91 Recession · Jul 1990 – Mar 1991
2001 Recession · Mar 2001 – Nov 2001
Global Financial Crisis · Dec 2007 – Jun 2009
COVID-19 Recession · Feb 2020 – Apr 2020
5%
6%
7%
8%
9%
10%
11%
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020
11.4%
Corporate Profits (% of GDP) — one value per year; US recessions are shaded on the chart.
Year
Corporate Profits (% of GDP)
1947
5.6%
1948
7.4%
1949
6.2%
1950
6.3%
1951
5.9%
1952
5.8%
1953
4.6%
1954
6.1%
1955
6.6%
1956
6.2%
1957
5.5%
1958
5.8%
1959
6.3%
1960
5.8%
1961
6.4%
1962
7.1%
1963
7.1%
1964
7.4%
1965
8.1%
1966
7.7%
1967
7.3%
1968
6.8%
1969
5.5%
1970
4.8%
1971
5.9%
1972
6.2%
1973
6.0%
1974
4.6%
1975
6.0%
1976
6.0%
1977
6.6%
1978
7.0%
1979
6.1%
1980
5.2%
1981
5.6%
1982
5.2%
1983
6.1%
1984
6.4%
1985
6.0%
1986
4.6%
1987
5.6%
1988
5.7%
1989
5.0%
1990
4.8%
1991
5.3%
1992
5.3%
1993
5.8%
1994
6.5%
1995
7.1%
1996
7.4%
1997
7.8%
1998
6.5%
1999
6.4%
2000
5.5%
2001
6.0%
2002
7.6%
2003
7.8%
2004
8.4%
2005
9.1%
2006
9.0%
2007
8.1%
2008
6.2%
2009
9.2%
2010
10.4%
2011
10.8%
2012
10.3%
2013
10.2%
2014
10.5%
2015
9.2%
2016
9.5%
2017
9.9%
2018
10.0%
2019
10.0%
2020
10.0%
2021
10.8%
2022
10.5%
2023
11.0%
2024
11.0%
2025
11.5%
2026
11.4%
Source: FRED · CPATAX/GDP · econscout.com