4th Quarter Nebraska Quanerly Business Conditions Survey (NQBCS) Shows a Two-to-One Ratio of Revenue Gainers over Decliners

Authors

Charles Lamphear, Bureau of Business Research (BBR)

Date of this Version

3-1998

Citation

Business in Nebraska vol. 53, no. 628

Comments

Copyright 1998 by Bureau of Business Research, University of Nebraska.

Abstract

Nearly 50 percent of the businesses reporting in the 4^th quarter 1997 Nebraska Quarterly Business Conditions Survey (NQBCS) indicate gains in 4^th quarter revenue over year-ago levels (Table 1). The ratio of gainers to decliners is two-to-one, meaning that for every two businesses reporting revenue gains for 4^th quarter 1997 over year -ago levels, one business reports a decline. Table 1 shows that the two-to-one ratio remained constant throughout 1997.

Table 2 provides a summary of sector changes in 4^th quarter 1997 revenue compared to 3rd quarter revenue and year-ago levels. Table 3 gives a similar summary for regions. Table 2 shows that 51 percent of the businesses reporting for the FIRE group (finance, insurance, and real estate) indicate 4^th quarter 1997 revenue higher than 3^rd quarter 1997 levels, leading all sectors in the percent of businesses reporting revenue gains. The FIRE group also leads in the percent of businesses reporting gains in 4^th quarter revenue over year ago levels at 64 percent.