FTR | State of Freight

In this week’s episode of FTR’s Trucking Market Update podcast, we review several important developments in Washington related to trucking. We also examine revenues for trucking in the first quarter …

In this week’s episode of FTR’s Trucking Market Update podcast, we dig into some key indicators of the industrial, consumer, and retail sectors and discuss the latest pricing data for consumers and b…

This week's topics include:  

• RSI Conference and Expo
• Tariff Update   
• Rail traffic update

The Rail Market Update is hosted by FTR’s Senior Analyst, Rail, Joseph Towers.  As this information is presented…

 In this week’s episode of FTR’s Trucking Market Update podcast, we discuss the temporary trade deal between the U.S. and China and revisit trade data for March now that we have more detailed data. P…

In this week’s episode of FTR’s Trucking Market Update podcast, we discuss so much stuff that it is too unwieldy to list it all here, but it includes the latest data on payroll employment in trucking…

In this week’s episode of FTR’s Trucking Market Update podcast, we discuss the Trump administration’s new policy on English proficiency and its exploration of tariffs or quotas regarding heavy-duty t…

This week's topics include:  Tariff Update • ARCI results • Rail traffic update

The Rail Market Update is hosted by FTR’s Senior Analyst, Rail, Joseph Towers.  As this information is presented, you ar…

In this week’s episode of FTR’s Trucking Market Update podcast, we review some key indicators of the industrial, consumer, and housing sectors and discuss the latest Trump administration move in trad…

In this week’s episode of FTR’s Trucking Market Update podcast, we review sales of autos and light trucks, the latest data on pricing for consumers and businesses, inventories and sales in the wholes…

 In this episode of FTR’s Rail and Intermodal Update, host Joseph Towers unpacks the whirlwind developments in U.S. trade policy, focusing on the evolving tariff landscape and its far-reaching implic…

In this week’s episode of FTR’s Trucking Market Update podcast, we dig into the latest figures on payroll employment in trucking and changes in the population of active for-hire trucking firms. We al…

In this week’s episode of FTR’s Trucking Market Update podcast, we review the latest data on imports and exports, consumer spending, inventories, manufacturing orders, and sales of new homes. Plus, w…

This week, we have several topics to cover. We'll start with weekly rail traffic, then move on to tariffs, and finally wrap up with some recent announcements from the Surface Transportation Board.

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In this week’s episode of FTR’s Trucking Market Update podcast, we dig into key indicators of the industrial and housing sectors and recap the week in diesel prices and the spot market for truck frei…

In this week’s episode of FTR’s Trucking Market Update podcast, we examine retail sales, job openings, business applications, and pricing for consumers and businesses, including for trucking services…

In this week's episode we tackle the following topics:

• Payroll employment for trucking and related sectors
• Tariff update and January imports follow-up
• Diesel and petroleum markets
• Spot market conditions 
• …

The latest episode of FTR’s Rail and Intermodal Update, hosted by Joseph Towers, recaps insights from the Rail Equipment Finance Conference and discusses ongoing uncertainties in the industry. A key …

In this week’s episode of FTR’s Trucking Market Update podcast, we review some striking data reflecting how the treat of tariffs has affected international trade and examine what happened with the fo…

In this week’s episode of FTR’s Trucking Market Update podcast, we review data related to the housing market and the number of applications for new businesses, including those in transportation and w…

In this Rail Market Update: 

Get the latest on weekly rail traffic, with a focus on intermodal activity. This week's topics include:

•  Rail Equipment Finance Conference
• Tariff Update
• Weekly Rail Traffic
• Fr…