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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Ratios of U.S. corporate profits by industry


Correlation Matrix

The following chart shows the correlation matrix of ratios of profits by industry in total domestic profit.

The finance industry is positively correlated with retail industry and is negatively correlated with other industries.

The manufacturing industry is positively correlated with transportation and wholesale industries and is negatively correlated with retail.

The transportation industry is positively correlated with the manufacturing industry.

The information industry is positively correlated with the transportation industry.
 The following chart shows the historical ratios of profits by industry in total U.S. corporate profits.
The following chart shows the ratio of finance industry (excluding the Fed) in all industry (excluding the profits from rest of world)


The following chart shows the ratio of manufacturing industry in all industry (excluding the profits from rest of world)

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