ACT Research president Kenneth Vieth may have summed up the US economic forecast best at ATA's All Eyes on the Economy session when he said "We came through the Great Recession and we are now in the Great Okay." Vieth was referring to ...
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Tonnage is up, the American Trucking Associations’(ATA) reported this week, and while the increase may seem positive on the surface, it may only be a reflection of certain sectors that produce heavier loads. After falling 0.6% in ...
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US for-hire truck tonnage spiked 1.4% in August, on the heels of a 0.6% decline in July. However, the American Trucking Associations' cautioned the impressive tonnage is attributed to the type of freight being hauled, and not necessarily ...
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The American Trucking Associations' advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index slipped 0.4 percent in July after edging 0.1 percent higher in June. (June's increase was the same as ATA reported on July 23, 2013.) The ...
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US for-hire truck tonnage dipped 0.4% in July, marking the first decline since April. The small decline came on the heels of a 0.1% increase in June. June 2013 posted the highest tonnage on record, according to American Trucking ...
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The American Trucking Associations' advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index for July fell 0.4 percent. That's the first drop since April and comes as no surprise, said ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello. "After ...
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US for-hire truck tonnage nudged up 0.1% in June, on the heels of a 2.1% increase in May, according to the latest data from the American Trucking Associations (ATA). May's gain was revised down from the initially reported 2.3% gain. ...
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The American Trucking Associations' (ATA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased a slight 0.9 percent in March. That's coming after a 0.7 percent decrease in February, the only month in the last five that recorded a drop. Since November ...
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The American Trucking Associations' advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 0.6 percent in February after increasing 1 percent in January (the 1 percent gain in January was revised down from a 2.4 percent increase ATA ...
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The American Trucking Associations said Wednesday that its advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 2.9 percent in January after jumping 2.4 percent in December. (The 2.4 percent gain in December was revised ...
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The American Trucking Associations' (ATA) seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 2.8 percent in December after surging 3.9 percent in November. The back-to-back increases in November and December were by far the ...
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