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Eric Hovde: “Corporate profits as a percentage of GDP at 13.1% in 24…”

Featuring: Eric Hovde, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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2025 Sunwest Bank Economic Forum with Eric Hovde

Published | Video Starts at 58:39

So they're coming looking for a lot of your money. All right, let's look at America's corporate sector. Corporate profits have boomed the last five years. Corporate profits as a percentage of GDP at 13.1% in 24 after tax, profit margins at 10.7%. Why are companies gotten so profitable? Well, inflation inflates their sales, inflates their profits. Low financing costs. They financed all their debt at such cheap rates in 20, 21 and 22. (58:39–58:48)

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