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Employment report: Surge in hiring at warehouses and for courier drivers
Growth in couriers and warehouses took an outsize percentage of the total net growth in jobs last month.
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Jobs report shows getting drivers into the pool remains a struggle
Analysts are looking at various explanations for why the number of drivers today is lower than it was two years ago.
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US freight rail market eyes consumer uplift
The pandemic-induced volume downturn from last year is making year-over-year comparisons inflated. However, strength in the consumer economy could support rail volumes.
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Against the trend: February trucking jobs decline from January
February generally shows an increase in the number of trucking jobs, but not in 2021
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Did employment of truckers drop just because they can’t be found?
A drop between December and January is normal, and the strong market did not reverse that.
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Employment report: Strong but not record-breaking increase in trucking jobs
Convoy’s Terrazas: Increases are less than what would be expected given strong market
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News Alert: Truck transportation sector added another 9,600 jobs last month
Rail jobs resume downward slide after increase a month earlier
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Daily Infographic: Transportation employment rates
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment in the transportation sector is back on the rise.
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Commentary: Think 2020 is weird so far? Buckle up for Q4
Demand is reducing inventories while sales remain strong, leaving no cushion before sales ramp up as they do in November and December.
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Employment follow-up: Two-month gains in trucking sector impressive even if rate slowed in September
Unemployment for the entire transportation and warehousing sector is down 4.4 percentage points in just a few months
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