The dollar value of corporate profits ranges from 0.78 to 0.75 trillion dollars and shows a decrease of nearly 5 percent over the period from the year 1996 to the year 2001. 
Slight decreases are observed every year. 
Over the period from the year 2001 to the year 2005, the dollar value of corporate profits ranges from 0.75 to 1.38 trillion dollars and shows an increase of nearly 90 percent. 
Slight increases are observed every year.