ECONOMIC

TABLE C-75.—Sales, profits, and stockholders* equity, all manufacturing corporations, 1947—73[Billions of dollars]1\ll manufacturingcorporations *Durable goods industriesNondurable goodsindustries^Year orquarterSales(net)ProfitsBeforeFederalincometaxesAfterFederalincometaxesStockholders'equity 2Sales(net)ProfitsBeforeFederalincometaxesAfterFederalincometaxesStockholders'equity 2Sales(net)ProfitsBeforeFederalincometaxesAfterFederalincometaxesStockholders'equity 2194719481949. . .19501951.195219531954195519561957.19581959I960..196119621963196419651966196719681969.150.7165.6154.9181.9245.0250.2265.9248.5278.4307.3320.0305.3338.0345.7356.4389.9412.7443.1492.2554.2575.4631.9694.616.618.414.423.227.422.924.420.928.629.828.222.729.727.527.531.934.939.646.551.847.855.458.110.111.59.012.911.910.711.311.215.116.215.412.716.315.215.317.719.523.227.530.929.032.133.265.172.277.683.398.3103.7108.2113.1120.1131.6141.1147.4157.1165.4172.6181.4189.7199.8211.7230.3247.6265.9289.966.675.370.386.8116.81?? 0137.9122.8142.1159.5166.0148 6169.4173 9175 ?195.5209.0226.3?57 0291.7300 6335.5366.57.68.97.512.915.412.914.011.416.516.515.811.415.814.013.616.718.521.226.229.225.730.631.54.55.44.56.76.15.55.85.68.18.37.95.88.17.06.98.69.511.614.516.414.616.516.931.134.137.039.947.249.852.454.958.865.270.572.877.982.384.989.193.398.5105.4115.2125.0135.6147.684.190.484.695.1128.1128.0128.0125.7136.3147.8154.1156.7168.5171.8181.2194.4203.6216.8235.2262.4274.8296.4328.19.09.57.010 312.110.010 49 612 113.212.411.313.913.513.915.116.418.320.322.622.024.826.65.66.24.66 15.75.25 55 67 07 87.56.98.38.28.59 210.011.613.014.614.415.516.434.038.140.643 551.153.955 758.261.366.470.674.679.283.187.792.396.3101.3106.3115.1122.6130.3142.31970197119721971:1IIIIIIV1972:1IIIllIV1973:1 . ..IIIII708.8751.4849.5177.5191.4185.6196.9197.2213.2210.6228.6232.5256.3254.048.153.263.212.114.512.813.713.916.715.117.518.322.219.628.631.336.57.08.57.58.27.99.68.810.110.513.011.6306.8320.9343.4314.0319.0323.2327.3332.6340.4347.4353.1361.1370.8378.9363.1382.5435.890 799 892.699.4100.0111.5106.2118.1]?].?136.5130.323.026.533.66.07.85.86.97.39.67.59.210.312.79.912.914.518.43.24.33.23.83.95.34.25.15.77.15.7155.1160.6171.4158.0160.3161.2162.8165.5170.3173.6176.3181.9187.1191.9345.7368.9413.786.991.693.197.497.2101.7104.4110.4111.3119.9123.725.226.729.66.16.87.06.86.67.27.68.38.09.59.715.716.718.03.84.24.34.44.14.34.65.04.85.85.9151.7160.3172.0156.0158.7162.0164.6167.1170.1173.9176.8179.2183.7186.91 Includes newspapers beginning 1969.2 Annual data are average equity for the year (using four end-of-quarter figures).Note.—For explanatory notes concerning compilation of the series, see "Quarterly Financial Report for ManufacturingCorporations," Federal Trade Commission.Data are not necessarily comparable from one period to another due to changes in accounting procedures, industryclassifications, sampling procedures, etc. Specific information about the effects of the more significant changes and revisionsis contained in the following issues of the "Quarterly Financial Report": third quarter 1953, third quarter 1956,first quarter 1959, and first quarter 1965.Source: Federal Trade Commission.336