Tagged: Economics

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Trucking Still Gaining Workers

Trucking still gaining workers at around 2,100 workers in December 2022 from November, seasonally adjusted data from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) shows. According to the DOL’s final 2022 employment report for the truck…

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Diesel Supply Critically Low

U.S. diesel supplies are becoming critically low with shortages and price spikes likely to occur in the next six months unless and until the economy and fuel consumption slow. Stocks of diesel and other distillate…

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Freight Shipments Climbing

Freight shipments climbing with a sequential uptick in trucking shipments during the 2Q. Freight payments data released in late July showed a sequential uptick in trucking shipments during the second quarter, reversing the declining trend…

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Rising CPI Pressuring Fleet Operations

Rising CPI pressuring fleet operations, effecting cost of financing equipment and other cost such as maintenance and repair. Knowing how to navigate this, as well as understanding a fleet’s options, can potentially save millions toward the organization’s bottom line.

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Paccar Posts Record Income

Paccar posts record income for 2Q with strong margins defying dour economy, increased deliveries of recently revamped models and profit on its parts business all contributed. Practically everything clicked in the second quarter crushing analyst…

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Recessions Often Draw Workers To Trucking

During previous recessions and regional downturns, trucking recruited workers laid off from other industries. That built freight supply just at the moment when aggregate demand was typically soft.
Consider what happened during two recent downturns…

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