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Table Cb55 - Percentage of corporations with profits: 1920-1963
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Cb55
Percentage of corporations with profits
Row
Year
Quarter
Percent
1
1920
1
96.0
2
1920
2
96.2
3
1920
3
91.3
4
1920
4
69.6
5
1921
1
70.7
6
1921
2
58.5
7
1921
3
63.4
8
1921
4
65.9
9
1922
1
74.6
10
1922
2
81.5
11
1922
3
90.8
12
1922
4
93.9
13
1923
1
95.7
14
1923
2
96.9
15
1923
3
87.2
16
1923
4
86.2
17
1924
1
90.4
18
1924
2
84.3
19
1924
3
85.3
20
1924
4
87.9
21
1925
1
95.3
22
1925
2
93.4
23
1925
3
94.1
24
1925
4
92.8
25
1926
1
93.6
26
1926
2
93.7
27
1926
3
94.4
28
1926
4
92.8
29
1927
1
92.1
30
1927
2
86.9
31
1927
3
90.1
32
1927
4
84.8
33
1928
1
88.3
34
1928
2
91.1
35
1928
3
90.6
36
1928
4
93.4
37
1929
1
92.1
38
1929
2
94.1
39
1929
3
94.3
40
1929
4
89.8
41
1930
1
84.1
42
1930
2
83.0
43
1930
3
71.6
44
1930
4
65.2
45
1931
1
67.2
46
1931
2
63.1
47
1931
3
59.3
48
1931
4
50.9
49
1932
1
45.7
50
1932
2
40.2
51
1932
3
39.5
52
1932
4
41.8
53
1933
1
38.6
54
1933
2
52.3
55
1933
3
70.0
56
1933
4
64.6
57
1934
1
69.7
58
1934
2
72.2
59
1934
3
64.4
60
1934
4
65.6
61
1935
1
74.7
62
1935
2
76.2
63
1935
3
78.9
64
1935
4
87.9
65
1936
1
84.8
66
1936
2
88.3
67
1936
3
89.4
68
1936
4
89.0
69
1937
1
90.3
70
1937
2
89.5
71
1937
3
85.7
72
1937
4
75.1
73
1938
1
61.5
74
1938
2
56.0
75
1938
3
68.1
76
1938
4
77.8
77
1946
1
82.3
78
1946
2
93.6
79
1946
3
95.5
80
1946
4
95.6
81
1947
1
95.9
82
1947
2
96.0
83
1947
3
96.3
84
1947
4
97.4
85
1948
1
97.4
86
1948
2
97.8
87
1948
3
97.8
88
1948
4
94.2
89
1949
1
92.2
90
1949
2
89.3
91
1949
3
89.6
92
1949
4
92.6
93
1950
1
94.9
94
1950
2
96.4
95
1950
3
98.2
96
1950
4
98.2
97
1951
1
97.3
98
1951
2
97.1
99
1951
3
96.7
100
1951
4
95.9
101
1952
1
96.1
102
1952
2
95.2
103
1952
3
96.4
104
1952
4
97.2
105
1953
1
96.2
106
1953
2
97.1
107
1953
3
96.1
108
1953
4
95.3
109
1954
1
92.8
110
1954
2
95.6
111
1954
3
93.8
112
1954
4
93.0
113
1955
1
95.1
114
1955
2
95.7
115
1955
3
95.6
116
1955
4
95.2
117
1956
1
96.5
118
1956
2
96.1
119
1956
3
97.2
120
1956
4
96.9
121
1957
1
97.7
122
1957
2
97.4
123
1957
3
95.9
124
1957
4
91.9
125
1958
1
92.1
126
1958
2
91.6
127
1958
3
93.9
128
1958
4
94.6
129
1959
1
96.8
130
1959
2
98.0
131
1959
3
94.2
132
1959
4
95.8
133
1960
1
96.2
134
1960
2
95.9
135
1960
3
93.2
136
1960
4
91.9
137
1961
1
89.8
138
1961
2
97.3
139
1961
3
95.0
140
1961
4
95.4
141
1962
1
95.0
142
1962
2
96.8
143
1962
3
95.1
144
1962
4
95.2
145
1963
1
92.9
146
1963
2
97.3
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