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title: "Weekly Transportation Update: Falling Fuel Prices Hit Wholesalers Hard"
description: Falling fuel prices hit merchant wholesaler sales in July and diesel prices ease while crude sinks to its lowest price since January.
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# [Weekly Transportation Update: Falling Fuel Prices Hit Wholesalers Hard](https://today.ftrintel.com/wtu-falling-fuel-prices-hit-wholesalers-hard)

 Written by [The FTR Experts](https://today.ftrintel.com/author/experts) | 9/14/22 3:34 PM

- Falling fuel prices hit merchant wholesaler sales in July.
- Diesel prices ease while crude sinks to its lowest price since January.
- Mortgage rates rise to the highest level since November 2008.
- Spot rates rise in key trucking segments heading into the Labor Day holiday.

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