Freight Economy Q3 Rebound Outpaces General Economy
When we drilled into third-quarter GDP to look at the segments of the economy linked to freight demand, the results far exceeded our forecast.
December 1, 2020
When we drilled into third-quarter GDP to look at the segments of the economy linked to freight demand, the results far exceeded our forecast.
December 1, 2020
COVID-19 brought on the worst recession in U.S. history, but the recovery is underway and economic conditions should return to pre-COVID levels by late next year.
September 16, 2020
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The global shutdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic continue to wreak havoc in economic forecasting.
July 6, 2020
The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index only decreased 1% in May to 106.1 after falling 10.3% in April to 107.2.
June 23, 2020
March’s Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) of -8.69 is just the start for industry, according to FTR, which predicts it will lead to the worst quarter on record.
May 21, 2020
Comcar Industries, the parent company for five national truck transportation and related services businesses, has announced its intent to sell its various operating companies, recently filling for Chapter 11 protection to facilitate these sales.
May 18, 2020
Trucking conditions likely bottomed in mid-April, but a speedy recovery isn’t anticipated, according to FTR.
May 18, 2020
According to FTR’s projections for its Trucking Conditions Index, a combination of drastic declines in freight volumes, utilization, and rates due to the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to the worst overall trucking conditions on record during the second quarter of this year.
April 17, 2020
A group consisting of American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear and CEOs from four major trucking companies have been selected to join President Trump’s Great American Economic Revival initiative, which is convening bipartisan groups of industry leaders from across all sectors of the U.S. economy.
April 15, 2020
The U.S. economy was rocked today by shocking numbers of 3.3 million people filing unemployment claims for the first time, but the worst is still to come for trucking.
March 27, 2020
A sudden war in crude oil prices between Russia and Saudi Arabia could mean a drop in diesel and gasoline prices at American fuel pumps. But the longer-term implications are more worrying.
March 10, 2020
FTR said its Trucking Conditions Index in December was the highest since January 2019 and the first positive reading since 0.28 in July.
February 14, 2020
According to the Intermodal Association of North America's Intermodal Market Trends and Statistics report, total intermodal volumes dropped 7.4% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2019.
February 6, 2020
Bob Dieli, an economist with aftermarket research firm MacKay and Company, identifies these as economic boom times. But good things don’t last forever.
January 30, 2020