Slide 14-7 Dollar and Percentage Changes Evaluating Percentage Changes in Sales and Earnings Sales and earnings In measuring quarterly should increase at changes, compare to more that the rate the same quarter in of inflation the previous year. Percentages may be misleading when the base amount is small Irwin/McGraw-Hill ?The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1999?The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1999 Slide 14-7 Irwin/McGraw-Hill Dollar and Percentage Changes Sales and earnings should increase at more that the rate of inflation. In measuring quarterly changes, compare to the same quarter in the previous year. Percentages may be misleading when the base amount is small. Evaluating Percentage Changes in Sales and Earnings