Washington DC Largest Companies 2016 Total Audited Earnings Increased By 15% Over 2015 Under Yellen and Obama .................................................................................. Under Bernanke, Yellen and Obama, Washington DC Largest Companies, Led By Fannie Mae, Five Years 2012 Through 2016 Total Audited Earnings Were $154 Bil, an Earnings Improvement of $314 Bil From the Five Year 2007 Through 2011 Total Audited Losses of $160 Bil

From a review of the Google Finance Website and of company financial statements in the US SEC Website, I found the 9 Companies headquartered in the District of Columbia with Stock Market Capitalizations either very late in 2016 or very early in 2017 of more than $1 Bil and which also have filed their fiscal year 2016 annual financial statements with the SEC.
 
Below here are the reported Audited US GAAP Earnings (Losses) From Continuing Operations of each of these 9 Washington DC Companies for all of the fiscal years from 2007 through 2016 where the earnings numbers were reported and also where they were prepared in a fairly consistent manner with those in the most recent years:

				2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007
			Most	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited
			Recent	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net
Washington DC Companies	City	State	2016	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income
Market Caps Above $1 Bil	HQs	HQs	FYE	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)
				$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils
Fannie Mae	Washington	DC	Dec16	12,313	10,955	14,209	83,962	17,220	(16,855)	(14,018)	(72,022)	(58,728)	(2,071)
Danaher	Washington	DC	Dec16	2,153	1,747	1,639	1,743	1,404
DuPont Fabros Technology	Washington	DC	Dec16	181	(4)	125	54	61	79	44	3	36	(188)
Washington REIT	Washington	DC	Dec16	119	89	5	(0)	8	(14)	1	10	(9)	8
The Advisory Board Co	Washington	DC	Dec16	91	(119)	24	23	23	18	12	22	32	27
FTI Consulting	Washington	DC	Dec16	86	66	59	(11)	(37)	104	66	140	119	85
CoStar Group Inc	Washington	DC	Dec16	85	(3)	45	30	10	15	13	19	25	16
Carlyle Group LP	Washington	DC	Dec16	15	400	915	1,348	2,400	1,154	1,459	664	(514)
Cogent Communications Holdings	Washington	DC	Dec16	15	5	1	57	(4)	8	1	(17)	(15)	(35)
Total all 9				15,058	13,136	17,022	87,206	21,085	(15,491)	(12,422)	(71,181)	(59,054)	(2,158)
2016 Total Earnings % Above 2015				15%
Five Year Total Earnings (Losses):
…2012-2016				153,507
…2007-2011				(160,306)
……Five Year Earnings Improvement				313,813