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Including actual results for 30 of the S&P 500 companies and estimates for the rest, analysts now expect earnings in aggregate to have declined 4.8% in the first quarter of 2023 from the year-ago period. That compares with their week-ago forecast for a 5.2% decline in the quarter.
S&P 500 earnings fell 3.2% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2022, based on Refinitiv data.
