THROUGHOUT 2021 company earnings in America appeared proof against an infection, inflation and snarled-up world provide chains. With many of the nation’s largest corporations having reported their newest quarterly outcomes, revenues and earnings within the final three months of the yr appear poised to set one other file. The know-how business’s annual earnings rose by 1 / 4, in contrast with 2020. Amongst property corporations within the S&P 500 index they swelled by a 3rd. Web-profit margins have edged down from their current peak within the second quarter of 2021 and analysts forecast decrease earnings and gross sales within the first three months of 2022. It might show to be a short sniffle brought on by unusually sturdy seasonal components. However America Inc now not seems completely impervious.■
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This text appeared within the Enterprise part of the print version below the headline “How lengthy can America Inc’s earnings hold rising?”
