Profits and Balance Sheet Developments at U.S. Commercial Banks in 2007
Figure 25. Interest-payment ratio for nonfinancial corporations, 1990-2007. Data plotted as a curve. The interest-payment ratio begins at about 20 percent in 1990, generally falls to about 11 percent in 1996 and 1997, rises to about 17 percent in 2001, falls to below 8 percent by the end of 2006, and edges up on balance slightly above 8 percent by the end of 2007.
Note: The data are quarterly. The interest-payment ratio is calculated as interest payments as a percentage of cash flow.
Source: National income and product accounts and Federal Reserve Board.