Preliminary NA Class 8 net orders in September were 31,100 units, up 60% from August and a whopping 145% from an easy year-ago comparison. The NA Classes 5-7 market saw orders at a...
FTR reports preliminary North American Class 8 net orders surged in September to the highest total since October 2018, hitting 32,000 units. September order activity was up 55% m/m...
Inflation inched up 0.1% in August, matching its growth in the previous month. Suppressed oil prices and muted growth of transportation and other tourism-related prices were the ma...
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® increased in September, after declining in August. The Index now stands at 101.8 (1985=100), up from 86.3 in August. The Present Si...
Pending home sales in August continued to move upward, marking four uninterrupted months of positive contract activity, according to the National Association of Realtors®. Each of...
States reported that 837,000 U.S. workers filed for new unemployment benefits during the week ending Sept. 26, marking the fifth consecutive week of initial jobless claims under 1 ...
Import air freight prices rose 55.8% from August 2019 to August 2020. Within the import air freight category, prices of European carriers increased 53.9% and prices at Asian carrie...
Preliminary statistics on people’s incomes by state in the second quarter of 2020 will be released Thursday, Sept. 24 by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. These state persona...
The IRS recently issued Publication 5419, New Employer Tax Credits (PDF) to help employers understand that tax credits available to them due to the coronavirus pandemic. The one-pa...