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Diffusion Index, Profits Per Dollar of Sales, Twenty-Two Manufacturing Industries, Four Quarter Span for United States (Q16090USQ509SNBR)

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Q4 1958: 63.6
Updated: Aug 20, 2012 9:32 AM CDT
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Q4 1958:  63.6  
Q3 1958:  90.9  
Q2 1958:  54.5  
Q1 1958:  9.1  
Q4 1957:  9.1  
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    Notes

    Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

    Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

    Units:  Percent Expanding, Seasonally Adjusted

    Frequency:  Quarterly

    Notes:

    Data Include All Two-Digit Manufacturing Industries Listed In The Quarterly Financial Report For Manufacturing Companies. Source: G.H. Moore, Business Cycle Indicators, Vol. 2, NBER, P. 163

    This NBER data series q16090 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 16 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter16.html.

    NBER Indicator: q16090

    Suggested Citation:

    National Bureau of Economic Research, Diffusion Index, Profits Per Dollar of Sales, Twenty-Two Manufacturing Industries, Four Quarter Span for United States [Q16090USQ509SNBR], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/Q16090USQ509SNBR, April 18, 2025.

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