Interest rates

The ghost of Paul Volcker is stalking truckload carriers as Fed Chairman Jerome Powell looks to his mentor’s 40-year-old strategy to quell inflation. The lagging impacts from the recent interest rate hikes will inevitably erode demand several months into the future.

Don’t expect the restrictions that truck manufacturers are imposing on Class 8 order intake to last. There’s too much at stake.

Analyst forecasts tough sledding for freight in first half of the year

Critical events caused more panic than actual disruption to supply and demand.

The Fed cut interest rates for the first time in over a decade. Shippers and carriers should benefit as the economy looks to reaccelerate

Logistics real estate continues to attract money from institutional investors all over the world.

The Fed is expected to raise rates again this week. This move has been communicated for several months, but what the Fed says about future increases could have significant implications for freight markets and carriers

Conditions improved slightly for shippers in November according to FTR’s Shippers Conditions Index (SCI). The SCI recorded a -8.9 for November, slightly better than October but still solidly negative, the firm said.

The Fed has raised interest rates to 1.25%–rates on new loans, equipment leases, old variable debt, and factoring services will all go up. 

The Fed announced today that it will allow $10 billion of Treasury and mortgage-backed securities to mature each month without buying new ones as it cautiously approaches the wind down to avoid another financial collapse.

The Federal Reserve voted to increase its key interest rate today, upping the rate 0.25% to a target of 1% to 1.5%. The increase, while small, could have a profound impact on trucking companies, shippers and consumers.