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Weekly Transportation Update: September Strong for Production and Manufacturing

The FTR Experts | October 25, 2022

Industrial production and manufacturing output see gains in September.

Housing starts fall but remain above 2019 levels.
Diesel prices continue to rise as distillate inventories are still very low.
Truck spot metrics generally move seasonally while West Coast volume is lowest since May 2020.
Intermodal volumes hold steady as harvest drives up rail carload volume.

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