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What do inflation, inventories, employment numbers, freight rates and more mean for trucking's outlook?
Read More →“This is a bit of an interlude in what is going to be a stormy, stormy path the rest of this year and into 2023 as well,” said Tom Kloza of OPIS.
Read More →Traditionally, trucking was looked to as an early indicator of larger economic problems. Find out why HDT’s economic analyst thinks this freight cycle may be different.
Read More →FTR's Trucking Conditions Index from April and the Cass Transportation Indexes for May identify trends such as job growth and economic conditions that could point to a weakening after a nearly two-year cycle of surging freight volumes.
Read More →Are diesel prices driving small carriers out of business? FTR's Avery Vise digs into FMCSA data to explore that.
Read More →High fuel prices and inflation are among the factors prompting analysts to say the freight pendulum is starting to swing back the other way.
Read More →Industrial production and manufacturing output are strong. FTR's Avery Vise explores what this could mean for industrial freight volumes.
Read More →For trucking companies, the biggest single threat from inflation arguably is not in their own costs, but in what higher costs will mean for consumer spending.
Read More →Retail inventories surged to end 2021. FTR's Avery Vise explores why it happened and what it means for freight.
Read More →The aftermarket faces a host of challenges, including supply chain issues, economic conditions and government regulations. Find out what top industry executives had to say about the current challenges and the future during the Heavy Duty Aftermarket Dialogue conference.
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