Month: June 30, 2020

According to the recent release of ACT Research’s China Commercial Vehicle OUTLOOK, China’s heavy and medium commercial vehicle markets suffered a severe setback in Q1’20 due...

Dorsey Intermodal announces a partnership with manufacturer THACO Special Vehicles to produce a full line of marine and domestic chassis. The partnership will result in a new optio...

The latest release of ACT’s For-Hire Trucking Index, with May data, showed significant improvement in all five diffusion index measures tracked. May’s Volume Index rose from 19...

About 1.48 million U.S. workers filed for new unemployment benefits during the week ending June 20, reflecting continuing layoffs as the country’s economic recovery slowly starts...

Labor productivity declines were widespread among manufacturing industries in 2019, with decreases in 54 of the 86 four-digit NAICS industries. Of the 51 industries in durable manu...

In the release of its Commercial Vehicle Dealer Digest, ACT Research found much more to like about the state of the economy today than was visible on month ago, now that the US re-...

Personal income decreased $874.2 billion (4.2%) in May according to estimates released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (tables 3 and 5). Disposable personal income (DPI) d...

Workers in motor vehicle manufacturing suffered 6.3 nonfatal injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers in 2018. The rate for the industry remained over twice as high as the...

Prices for U.S. imports decreased 6.0% from May 2019 to May 2020. Import fuel prices declined 49.6% over the past 12 months. Within the fuel category, prices for petroleum fell for...