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Corporate profits in the United States increased by USD 23.7 billion, or 1.3 percent in the third quarter 2019 to USD 1,881.2 billion, easing from a 3.7 percent rise in the previous period, a preliminary estimate showed. Undistributed profits advanced by USD 31.2 billion, or 6.1 percent to USD 541.9 billion and net cash flow with inventory valuation adjustment, the internal funds available to corporations for investment climbed by USD 53 billion, or 2.2 percent to USD 2,457.1 billion. Meantime, net dividends edged down by USD 7.7 billion, or 0.6 percent to USD 1,339.2 billion.

Corporate profits in the United States increased by USD 66.1 billion, or 3.7 percent in the second quarter of 2019, to USD 1,857.5 billion, rebounding from a 4.1 percent fall in the previous period, and below a preliminary estimate of a 5.1 percent gain. Undistributed profits went up by USD 43.9 billion, or 9.4 percent, to USD 510.7 billion; and net dividends rose by USD 22.3 billion, or 1.7 percent, to USD 1,346.9 billion. Additionally, net cash flow with inventory valuation adjustment, the internal funds available to corporations for investment advanced by USD 72.9 billion, or 3.1 percent, to USD 2,404.1 billion.

Corporate profits in the United States rose by USD 91.6 billion, or 5.1 percent in the second quarter of 2019, to USD 1,883.0 billion, rebounding from an upwardly revised 4.1 percent fall in the previous period, a preliminary estimate showed. Undistributed profits jumped by USD 69.9 billion, or 15 percent, to USD 536.7 billion; and net dividends advanced by USD 21.6 billion, or 1.6 percent, to USD 1,346.2 billion. Also, net cash flow with inventory valuation adjustment, the internal funds available to corporations for investment went up by USD 98.8 billion, or 4.2 percent, to USD 2,430 billion.

Corporate profits in the United States declined by USD 63.9 billion, or 3.1 percent, in the first quarter of 2019 to USD 2,012.3 billion, after being unchanged in the previous period at USD 2,076 billion and below an initial estimate of a 3.5 percent fall. Still,it is the largest decrease in corporate profits since Q4 2014 when they fell 5.2 percent. Undistributed profits went down by USD 23.8 billion, or 3 percent, to USD 772.9 billion; and net dividends declined by USD 40 billion, or 3.1 percent, to USD 1,239.5 billion. Meanwhile, net cash flow with inventory valuation adjustment, the internal funds available to corporations for investment, rose by USD 14.3 billion, or 0.5 percent, to USD 2,629.2 billion.

Corporate profits in the United States declined by USD 72.8 billion, or 3.5 percent, in the first quarter of 2019 to USD 2,003.4 billion, after being unchanged in the previous period at USD 2,076 billion and against market expectations of a 2 percent gain, a preliminary estimate showed. It is the largest decrease in corporate profits since Q4 2015 when they slipped 5.2 percent. Undistributed profits went down by USD 31.2 billion, or 3.9 percent, to USD 765.5 billion; and net dividends declined by USD 41.6 billion, or 3.3 percent, to USD 1,237.9 billion. Meanwhile, net cash flow with inventory valuation adjustment, the internal funds available to corporations for investment, rose by USD 6.1 billion, or 0.2 percent, to USD 2,621 billion.

Corporate profits in the United States were unchanged for the first time in over two years in the fourth quarter of 2018 at 2,076.2 billion, following a 3.5 percent increase in the previous period. Undistributed profits fell by USD 29.5 billion, or 3.6 percent, to USD 796.7 billion; while net dividends rose by USD 28.9 billion, or 2.3 percent, to USD 1,279.5 billion. Meanwhile, net cash flow with inventory valuation adjustment, the internal funds available to corporations for investment, was also steady at USD 2,614.9 billion. Considering 2018 full year, corporate profits surged 16.2 percent, following a 6.5 percent gain in 2017.