Weekly Transportation Update: Consumer inflation rose in March at the same rate as February

Consumer inflation is sticky in March. Prices in the supply chain saw a slight increase, but at a slower pace compared to February. Additionally, there's a concern over rising diesel prices for freight transportation.

• Producer-level pricing moves higher due to services.
• Insurance premium costs appear to be rising for trucking operations.
• Truck spot rates decline after four straight weeks of increases.
• Rail carload, intermodal volumes decrease in the latest week.