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Strong Crop of Earnings Eases Investors’ Economic Concerns

Corporate profits are on track for a double-digit climb, led by the tech sector

Major stock indexes have achieved record after record in recent weeks.
Major stock indexes have achieved record after record in recent weeks. Photo: brendan mcdermid/Reuters

The job market is cooling. Tariff rates are rising. But American companies still seem to be doing just fine. 

With the latest earnings season nearly done, top- and bottom-line results from companies in the S&P 500 are handily beating expectations that had been lowered after President Trump announced sweeping duties on imports in April. Profits are expected to have risen around 12% in the second quarter from a year earlier, according to FactSet, far ahead of the 5% growth analysts predicted in early July.

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