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C-Suite Synopsis: Freight Transportation for February 2022

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TRUCKING: Trucking conditions improve, but they might have finally peaked.

RAILCAR: Carload volumes are being held back by four main commodities to start 2022.

INTERMODAL: International volumes remained weak in December and face near-term headwinds to growth in 2022.

SHIPPERS: Fuel costs are proving to be the difference between tough and really tough market conditions.

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C-Suite Synopsis: Freight Transportation for November 2021

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TRUCKING: Strengthening freight rates support a high floor on market conditions for carriers.

RAILCAR: The 2021 carload outlook took another step down in the latest month and now sits at just over 5% compared with 2020. 

INTERMODAL: International and domestic traffic each weakened in September as volumes are metered by providers. 

SHIPPERS: Market conditions are stalled at a level unfavorable to shippers. 

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C-Suite Synopsis: Freight Transportation for September 2021

This c-suite synopsis of the transportation markets is provided to all of our Premium clients along with weekly transportation updates.

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C-Suite Synopsis for July 2021

This c-suite synopsis of the transportation markets is provided to all of our Premium clients along with weekly transportation updates.

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April Market Update

Strong growth in pricing

The stress in the freight transportation system continues to show up as strong growth in pricing. The Producer Price (PPI) for rail intermodal freight transportation in March jumped 4.2% from February for the largest gain on record. The PPI is the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ estimate of pricing at the producer level (as opposed to the consumer level, which is the Consumer Price Index.)

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The Jobs Smoother: 2021 employment coming into view

 

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