Figure A
Finance claims a growing share of the U.S. economy: U.S. financial-sector income as a share of private, domestic income, 1948–2014
Share | |
---|---|
1948 | 3.30% |
1949 | 3.61% |
1950 | 3.62% |
1951 | 3.51% |
1952 | 3.61% |
1953 | 3.67% |
1954 | 4.04% |
1955 | 4.04% |
1956 | 4.07% |
1957 | 4.21% |
1958 | 4.61% |
1959 | 4.60% |
1960 | 4.69% |
1961 | 4.96% |
1962 | 4.89% |
1963 | 4.95% |
1964 | 4.98% |
1965 | 4.95% |
1966 | 4.88% |
1967 | 5.09% |
1968 | 5.22% |
1969 | 5.20% |
1970 | 5.36% |
1971 | 5.50% |
1972 | 5.51% |
1973 | 5.35% |
1974 | 5.39% |
1975 | 5.78% |
1976 | 5.72% |
1977 | 5.69% |
1978 | 5.67% |
1979 | 5.70% |
1980 | 5.99% |
1981 | 6.10% |
1982 | 6.56% |
1983 | 6.93% |
1984 | 6.85% |
1985 | 7.10% |
1986 | 7.64% |
1987 | 7.98% |
1988 | 7.99% |
1989 | 7.80% |
1990 | 7.85% |
1991 | 8.02% |
1992 | 8.47% |
1993 | 8.57% |
1994 | 8.32% |
1995 | 8.32% |
1996 | 8.54% |
1997 | 8.73% |
1998 | 9.05% |
1999 | 9.01% |
2000 | 9.16% |
2001 | 9.03% |
2002 | 8.96% |
2003 | 9.02% |
2004 | 9.23% |
2005 | 9.41% |
2006 | 9.59% |
2007 | 9.71% |
2008 | 9.47% |
2009 | 8.96% |
2010 | 9.20% |
2011 | 9.28% |
2012 | 9.17% |
2013 | 9.04% |
2014 | 9.13% |
Note: Federal Reserve bank profits are excluded from this analysis.
Source: EPI analysis of Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) data on compensation and corporate profits by industry
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