ESA(Economic and Statistics Administration) announces sales in the Q3 2005, at $445.2 billion, were up $3.9 (±2.9) billion or 0.9 percent (±0.7 percent) from the $441.3 billion of last quarter, and up $35.5 (±2.8) billion or 8.7 percent (±0.7 percent) from the $409.8 billion of the third quarter of 2004. These data are not adjusted for seasonality.
After-tax profits of U.S. retail corporations with assets of $50 million and over totaled $13.2 billion in the third quarter 2005, down $0.7 (±0.2) billion from the $13.9 billion of the preceding quarter, but up $2.0 (±0.1) billion from $11.2 billion of the same quarter a year ago, the U.S. Census Bureau reported.
After-tax profits for these corporations averaged 3.0 cents per dollar of sales for the third quarter of 2005, down 0.1 (±0.1) cents from the 3.1 cents of the preceding quarter, but up 0.3 (±0.1) cents from the 2.7 cents recorded in the third quarter of 2004.
The annual rate of after-tax profits on stockholders' equity in the third quarter of 2005 was 15.0 percent, down 1.4 percent (±0.2 percent) from the 16.4 percent of the second quarter of 2005, but up 0.8 percent (±0.2 percent) from the 14.2 percent of the third quarter of 2004.
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Economic and Statistics Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
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