housing market
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Freightonomics podcast
The housing and home improvement sector’s over-achievement driving optimism for recovery
Anthony and Zach discuss the surprisingly rapid recovery in the housing/home improvement sector of the economy and whether it has sustainability.
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WHAT THE TRUCK?!?
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WTT?!? weekday: SONAR diesel fuel forecaster and more [with video]
We gear up into this frigid week with a wild ride of headlines and industry updates. First, some bad news: a fatal shooting at a…
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Economics
Predicting the 2020 housing market
Market Expert Anthony Smith provides insight into the all-important housing market as 2020 gets underway.
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Economics
Sales surging but the retail apocalypse continues
Using data from FreightWaves SONAR, economist Ibrahiim Bayaan writes about the state of the U.S. retail market and what is ahead for this key sector.
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Economics
Headwinds loom for trucking and construction
FreightWaves Market Expert Anthony Smith writes about the issues impacting the U.S. housing market. As important as these issues are, they have a ripple effect…
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Economics
Housing starts really matter!
Last week the widely reported headline was “Housing Starts Climb Almost 6 Percent in April” yet many in the transportation marketplace openly questioned how that…
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Chart of the Week
Consumer optimism may pull housing market through 2019
The housing market has been sliding since early 2018, but there are optimistic signals for a turnaround in 2019. Freight markets can only benefit from…
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