FTR State of Freight: Recent Episodes
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Stefan Loeb (MARS, Watco) joins the FTR Experts for a Q&A session on rail, intermodal, the economy, and freight markets.
A record-setting week in the spot market; key indicators for personal spending and income, unemployment, manufacturing, housing, and trade; and FMCSA takes another step toward loosening the restrictions on truck drivers’ time management.
Intermodal volumes show strong results; Service shows cracks at most carriers; Carload markets stable, but gains are uneven.
An extraordinary week in the spot market; Very good news for the housing market; Data on e-commerce Q2 surge; and Trucking revenues for Q2.
Why the freight markets are doing what they are doing, what’s happening with the spot market, and what might happen in the spot market.
We discuss the Economic Recovery with FTR Experts and cover: Forecasting confidence; The upcoming election; Comparing the general economy to individual transportation modes; inventory to sales ratio; Government stimulus; The outlook for jobs; The seasonal adjustment process; And much more!
Intermodal faces a lot of uncertainty; Service shows signs of weakening; Carload volumes are stable, but not showing signs of growth.
Record-setting spot market, diesel prices that aren’t doing much of anything, and a labor market that isn’t recovering as quickly as we might hope.
This week’s Trucking Market Update looks at some changes in the spot market for truck freight and lack thereof in the petroleum markets. And we talk about some mixed economic news, including a big announcement we were waiting for but didn’t really want to hear.
In this Rail Market Update: Intermodal volumes show strength, but is it sustainable; Service shows cracks at most carriers; Carload markets stable, but lack growth.
A solid week in the spot market for truck freight, a not-so-good week for unemployment, and encouraging economic indicators for freight.
Intermodal rally shows signs of weakening, Service remains strong even as headcount weakens, Carload volumes are stable, but not showing signs of growth
Spot market for truck freight is favorable, We review a not-so-good week for unemployment, Economic indicators for freight are encouraging. We review: industrial production, manufacturing, retail sales, inventories, and the Producer Price Index. Unprecedented growth in trade with Switzerland, which was even stronger in May than it was in April.
This week’s Trucking Market Update recaps a fantastic week in the spot market for truck freight and dives into the jobs report for June, manufacturing, consumer income and spending, continued high unemployment, and much more.
Carload markets bouncing off the bottom; Intermodal recovering with trailers and containers participating; Service levels remain at strong levels; and more.
This week’s Trucking Market Update provides the status of the transportation bill in the House, discusses the spot market and diesel prices, and covers some mixed results in economic indicators that confirm the old adage that timing is everything.
Carload markets are bouncing off the bottom; Intermodal recovering on strength of trailers; service levels remain at strong levels; and more.
This week’s Trucking Market Update recaps a decent week in the truck spot market, notes a first for diesel prices in 2020 and reviews a spate of freight-related economic indicators showing an uneven recovery in May from April’s unprecedented contraction.
In this podcast, we follow up on unanswered questions from our joint webinar with Railroad Financial Corporation, Rail's Response to COVID-19.
A strong week for the spot market and a surprisingly encouraging month for the labor market; Regulatory and legislative issues of note; country-specific goods trade data in April, including the key export of America’s fastest-growing trading partner, which could be transported in just a handful of tractor-trailers.
Carload markets show no sign of leveling off; Intermodal likely at the bottom; Service levels remain at strong levels; and more.
The latest in spot freight, manufacturing, and international trade, and we review data showing how much extra money Washington has poured into Americans’ bank accounts.
We feature relatively encouraging news related to spot freight, employment, and housing. Host Avery Vise talks about manufacturing orders, which aren’t rosy at all, and about diesel prices, which have changed direction for the first time this year.
We discuss how truck freight volumes are recovering as the U.S. begins to emerge from a nationwide COVID-19 lockdown and review some record results in industrial production, manufacturing, retail sales, and housing starts.
Eric Starks reviews the rail markets and discusses whether we have reached the bottom of the COVID-19 Recovery Index.
We review changes to truck drivers' hours-of-service rules and look at the COVID-19 impact on the spot market for freight, petroleum markets, unemployment claims, Producer Price Index for truckload and LTL services, and U.S. international trade in goods.
Carload markets show no sign of leveling off; Intermodal likely at the bottom; Service levels remain at strong levels; and more.
This week's Trucking Market Update explores how the COVID-19 crisis has affected the U.S. labor market, including trucking specifically, by diving into the April jobs report and the latest unemployment claims. And we discuss some mildly reassuring trends from the spot market for freight.
This week's Trucking Market Update podcast discusses durable goods and international trade as well as some historic milestones for consumer spending, unemployment claims, and mortgage rates. Although most of those indicators are quite negative, we also discuss some relatively encouraging signals from the truck spot market.