FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index Recovers…
FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) for April rebounded to a reading of 3.21 from March when the index fell to -7.38. However, the April reading otherwise was weak for the pand...
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FTR Opens Registration for 18th…
FTR has opened registration for their 18th Annual Transportation Conference being held Sept. 13-16 at the Crowne Plaza at the Union Station in Indianapolis, IN. FTR has designed an...
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Real Average Hourly Earnings Decreased…
Real average hourly earnings — that is, earnings that have been adjusted for changes in consumer prices — decreased 2.6% from April 2021 to April 2022. The change in real avera...
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FTR’s Shippers Conditions Index Continues…
FTR’s Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) continued to tumble in March falling to -23.1, the most negative reading ever for the index. This followed what had been the record low in F...
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Producer Prices for Goods up…
The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 11.0% from April 2021 to April 2022. Producer prices for goods rose 16.3%, while prices for services rose 8.1%. Producer prices...
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U.S. Export Prices up 18.0…
Prices for U.S. exports rose 18.0% from April 2021 to April 2022, following an increase of 18.6% in March 2022. Agricultural export prices increased 20.9% for the year ended April ...
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Pending Home Sales Down 3.9…
Key Highlights Pending sales slid for the sixth consecutive month, down 3.9% in April from March. Pending sales rose in the Midwest and fell in the other three regions. Compared to...
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Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia…
Forecasters Predict Slower Growth The outlook for the U.S. economy looks weaker now than it did three months ago, according to 34 forecasters surveyed by the Federal Reserve Bank o...
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Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas…
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City released the May Services Survey. According to Chad Wilkerson, vice president and economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, the...
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