I have been watching the S&P earnings reports so far this quarter. I'm not sure if these numbers forcast the future very accurately but 70% of the companies reporting so far have beat the profit estimates but only 42% have beat revenue estimates. Are the big companies doing it through a combination of raising prices and reducing head counts, or just doing it through reducing head counts? Either way it's a trend that seems to be not good for the economy.
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