 Profits in the American financial sector in 2009 were six times higher on average than in 1980, compared with non-financial sector profits, which on average were just over twice what they were in 1980.Financial sector profits grew by 800%, adjusted for inflation, from 1980 to 2005.By way of comparison with the rest of the economy, U.S. nonfinancial sector profits grew by 250% during the same period.