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Wall Street Journal: U.S. Corporate Profits See ‘Longest Slide in Earnings Since the Financial Crisis’
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Wall Street Journal: U.S. Corporate Profits See ‘Longest Slide in Earnings Since the Financial Crisis’

U.S. corporate profits will decline for the third quarter in a row, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

U.S. corporate profits will decline for the third quarter in a row, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

Profits have suffered the “longest slide in earnings since the financial crisis,” the report states.

U.S. gross domestic product only grew by 0.5 percent in the first quarter.

Quarterly US GDP Growth Rate | Graphiq

According to Thomson Reuters, overall earnings will decline by 6.1 percent compared to the first quarter last year.

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Kate Scanlon

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