The case for and against quarterly earnings reporting.

Dollar Tree, Dollar General and Five Below will all report quarterly earnings this week, after a year of tariffs, a government shutdown and an increasingly K-shaped economy.

The company blamed consumer uncertainty and a stuck housing market.

The Securities and Exchange Commission currently requires public companies to report earnings quarterly, but the president wants to move to twice-yearly reporting.

Wall Street analysts predict we’ll see the best earnings growth in more than a decade compared to the second quarter last year.