15.08.04 S&P500 Earnings vs. Sales

US Corporations' earnings showed weakness since USD turned to be strong, mid of 2014, and recent earnings growth rate yoy reached negative boundary.

On the other hand, the sales growth from a year earlier has remained above 2% for recent some years, and showed somewhat solid.
Moreover, recent data in 2Q is showing firm sales growth, further.

And then, what is the point that US governors really want? Strong USD? or Weak USD?