Manufacturing after-tax profits in Q3 rise 10%
The U.S. Census Bureau announced the following seasonally adjusted quarterly after- tax profits for manufacturing industries statistics for third quarter 2023:
After-Tax Profits and Sales, Third Quarter 2023 – Seasonally Adjusted Manufacturing Corporations
U.S. manufacturing corporations' seasonally adjusted after-tax profits in the third quarter of 2023 totaled $226.6 billion, up $21.1 (±0.8) billion from the after-tax profits of $205.5 billion recorded in the second quarter of 2023, but down $15.2 (±2.2) billion from the after-tax profits of $241.8 billion recorded in the third quarter of 2022.
Seasonally adjusted sales for the quarter totaled $2,010.5 billion, up $22.1 (±6.6) billion from the $1,988.4 billion recorded in the second quarter of 2023, but down $94.5 (±46.3) billion from the $2,105.0 billion recorded in the third quarter of 2022.