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Economics

Anthony Smith 06/11/2019
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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,…
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Economics

Donald Broughton, Principal & Managing Partner, Broughton Capital 05/24/2019
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Housing starts really matter!

Last week the widely reported headline was “Housing Starts Climb Almost 6 Percent in April” yet many in the transportation…
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Chart of the Week

Anthony Smith 04/28/2019
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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

John Paul Hampstead, Associate Editor 12/07/2018
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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

John Paul Hampstead, Associate Editor 10/22/2018
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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

John Paul Hampstead, Associate Editor 10/17/2018
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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

Ibrahiim Bayaan, Chief Economist & Market Expert 10/17/2018
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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

Ibrahiim Bayaan, Chief Economist & Market Expert 09/26/2018
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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

Ibrahiim Bayaan, Chief Economist & Market Expert 08/27/2018
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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

Chad Prevost 08/10/2018
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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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