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Economics
Freight’s 2020 outlook: Cloudy with a chance of lousy, analyst says
Analyst forecasts tough sledding for freight in first half of the year
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DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index
Pricing Power Index: Shippers still have the advantage as long-term momentum builds for carriers
Critical events caused more panic than actual disruption to supply and demand.
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Economics
Implications of Fed rate cut for carriers and shippers
The Fed cut interest rates for the first time in over a decade. Shippers and carriers should benefit as the economy looks to reaccelerate
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Canada
Big money continues to flow into global logistics real estate
Logistics real estate continues to attract money from institutional investors all over the world.
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Economics
Fed appears set to raise rates again: how will this affect freight markets and carriers?
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…
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Economics
Today’s Pickup: Conditions for shippers improving slightly
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…
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Economics
Breaking: Fed raises interest rates .25%
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.
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Economics
Fed to draw down investment in bonds, leaves rates unchanged
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…
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Economics
Rate hike to raise costs for truck fleets
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…
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