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Title:               Profits (After Taxes) Per Dollar of Sales, All Manufacturing Corporations for United States
Series ID:           Q0901AUSQ259NNBR
Source:              National Bureau of Economic Research
Release:             NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency:           Quarterly
Units:               Cents
Date Range:          1947-01-01 to 1951-10-01
Last Updated:        2012-08-17 3:02 PM CDT
Notes:               Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data,
                     1947-1951 (2)--Original Data, 1951-1968. "Profit Rates Of
                     Manufacturing Corporation 1947-1962," Ftc (1963) May Also Be Used For
                     Summary Tabulation. The New Sample Starts In The Third Quarter Of
                     1951; The First And Second Quarters Are Adjusted To New Sample On The
                     Basis Of Estimates Of The Old Sample. Source: Federal Trade, And
                     Securities And Exchange Commissions: Quarterly Financial Report For
                     Manufacturing Corporations.
                     
                     This NBER data series q09101a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 9
                     at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter09.html.
                     
                     NBER Indicator: q09101a

DATE       VALUE
1947-01-01   7.5
1947-04-01   6.8
1947-07-01   6.5
1947-10-01   6.2
1948-01-01   7.2
1948-04-01   7.0
1948-07-01   6.9
1948-10-01   6.8
1949-01-01   6.1
1949-04-01   5.2
1949-07-01   6.0
1949-10-01   6.0
1950-01-01   6.2
1950-04-01   7.4
1950-07-01   7.6
1950-10-01   6.9
1951-01-01   6.1
1951-04-01   5.8
1951-07-01   4.7
1951-10-01   4.8