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Business
Finances
ATA index is up 5.0 percent over 2009 period, heavy truck orders surge and more financial news items are featured.
January 1, 2011
ATA’s Truck Tonnage Index: (Seasonally Adjusted; 2000=100)
Business
More with less
Don’t count on another 2004 or 2005, but a steady economic recovery and ongoing capacity constraints could make 2011 a good year.
January 1, 2011
Manufacturing Activity: Above 50, manufacturing sector is growing
Business
Finance
Truck tonnage rebounds, trucking job growth appears to stall, the manufacturing sector shows strength and many other financial news items are featured.
December 2, 2010
ATA’s Truck Tonnage Index (Seasonally Adjusted; 2000=100) Despite recovering a bit from its August decline, the American Trucking Associations’ seasonally adjusted for-hire tonnage index shows that demand has softened since a springtime surge.
Business
Finances
For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index drops, trucking jobs flat and much more industry financial news are featured.
November 8, 2010
ATA’s Truck Tonnage Index (Seasonally Adjusted; 2000=100)
Business
Finances
Freight demand continues to show volatility, GE offers lower-risk lease program and many more financial news items are featured.
October 1, 2010
ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello says that July’s tonnage data didn’t change his outlook for subdued growth for the remainder of 2010.
Business
Finances
Trucking adds jobs, manufacturing orders dip, tonnage index falls and much more industry financial news.
September 1, 2010
Trucking companies added 5,900 jobs in July, but trucking employment was still down 1.1 percent from July 2009, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Business
Finances
The For-Hire Trucking Tonnage Index is down, year-over-year NAFTA trade is up, interest in acquiring carriers spikes and much more industry financial news are featured.
August 13, 2010
ATA TRUCK TONNAGE INDEX, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, 2000 = 100 ---ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello says truck freight tonnage is going to have ups and downs, but the overall trend continues in the right direction.
Business
Finances
Truck tonnage is up, NAFTA surface trade is up and truckload freight is up.
April 1, 2010
ATA’s Truck Tonnage Index Seasonally adjusted; 2000 = 100 -- ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello says the latest tonnage reading indicates that both the industry and the economy are clearly in a recovery mode.
Business
Tonnage up 2.1% in December
The American Trucking Association’s advance seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index climbed 2.1 percent in December, final estimates from the 2007 Commodity Flow Survey how the nation’s freight transportation system transported 12.5 billion tons of raw material and finished goods and the Freight Transportation Services Index rose 1.8 percent in November.
February 1, 2010
ATA’s Truck Tonnage Index (Seasonally Adjusted; 2000=100) ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello believes that tonnage is moving in the right direction, but he continues to be cautious about the future.
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