Summary
The Quarterly Financial Report (QFR) program collects and publishes quarterly aggregate statistics on the financial results and position of U.S. corporations. The program currently collects and publishes financial data for the manufacturing, mining, wholesale trade, retail trade, information, and professional and technical services (except legal) sectors. The survey is a principal economic indicator that provides financial data essential to calculation of key U.S. government measures of national economic performance. Several U.S. Census Bureau reports, including Corporate Profits, Retail Trade, and Manufacturing, Mining, and Wholesale Trade, are produced using these data.
