Personal Income and Corporate Profits

Maybe this is too simple an analysis.

Personal income (PI) divided by pre-tax corporate profits (CPROFIT).

Perhaps a step in the right direction.

Personal income (blue lines) and pre-tax corporate profits (red lines) indexed to the beginning of each of the most recent three recessions.

Personal income (blue lines) and pre-tax corporate profits (red lines) indexed to the beginning of three recessions before the three recessions mentioned above.