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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…
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News
Southeastern flatbed demand softens amid housing lull
We talked to freight brokers at LYNC Logistics, Arrive Logistics, and MoLo Solutions about whether recent softness in flatbed demand…
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News
Our bear and bull cases for the freight market’s mixed signals
Overall truckload volumes and spot rates are soft, but a huge wave of containers hit the West Coast in September,…
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News
Today’s Pickup: Outbound Tender Rejection Index turns 1 year old
SONAR’s signature index has a birthday; Ocean Network Express to lose $600M; oilfield service companies guide for tight margins in…
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Economics
Home building activity tumbled as Hurricane Florence took its toll
Housing starts fell more than expected in September, as the impact of Hurricane Florence caused a massive decline in construction…
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Economics
New home sales, starts improve as housing looks to find its footing
Both new home sales and home starts showed some improvement in August, ending months of disappointing activity. Existing home sales…
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Economics
Weakness abounds in the housing market as building, sales have stalled
A package of weak data on both housing starts and home purchases indicates that housing and construction remains one of…
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Economics
Is the housing slowdown a correction or a crisis?
With the recent chatter of a “housing crisis," and the market reaching a "peak cycle," we decided to take a…
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Market Insight
Weekly Market Update 7.25.18
Freight markets continued to cool last week, but have stalled for the moment. Isolated markets showed increased activity around the…
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Economics
May Economic Roundup: freight conditions continue to advance
Economic conditions as they relate to freight generally improved during the month. With a few notable exceptions, most of the…
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