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Showing posts with label Cass. Show all posts
Saturday, August 26, 2017

Interesting Supply Chain Events from Week of August 21, 2017

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The week is over and some very interesting reads and developments.  Let me get right to them: The war between Amazon and Walmart heats...
Friday, June 30, 2017

What A Month May Was For Transportation

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CASS Freight Systems is out with their monthly Freight Index Report and it shows some very good news for transportation providers (not so go...
Friday, November 25, 2016

October Results are Not encouraging for Transportation Providers

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It may not be a complete "Happy Thanksgiving" for people who manage 3d party transportation.  After some very large decreases in t...
Monday, October 24, 2016

CASS Report from September is Somewhat Grim - Macroeconomic Monday

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OK, I am late to the party on this one, sorry but when I read it I thought I had to write, albeit, late.  The Cass Freight Index Report from...
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Monday, August 1, 2016

Cass Indices for June Report Real Issues with Trucking and Intermodal

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The Cass Indices for June r eported what observers knew was to be the case:  Once again the trucking "recovery" has stalled and ca...
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Saturday, April 30, 2016

Pricing Declines in Both Truckload and Intermodal

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The promise of "pay me now so you don't have to pay me later" continues to be a mirage.  With the release of the March CASS...
Friday, October 9, 2015

Where Will The September Index Land?

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Just posting the August numbers as a reminder since we should have September shortly.  However all indications are freight was soft as well ...
Thursday, November 7, 2013

The Fear Trade Picks Up Steam - Don't Be Fooled

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One of my favorite songs from childhood is "Won't Be Fooled Again" by The Who and this is my theme for what I have called the ...
Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Truckload Strong; Intermodal Weak

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I have not reviewed the CASS information for a while but have used other sources which have all told the same story.  Intermodal freight...
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Friday, June 7, 2013

More Signs of a Financial Economy; Not a Production Economy

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On June 3 the Institute for Supply Management issued their May ISM index and it came in at 49.  Unfortunately, this means the manufacturing...
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

CASS Freight Index for May - Volumes and Expenditures Roughly Steady

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The May Cass Freight Index is out and it is clear that rates are staying flat and volumes are a bit behind where they were last year.  Despi...
Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Cass March Freight Index - Surge in Freight; Not So Much Rates

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The March Cass Freight Index is out and while freight showed a marked increase in march ( 5.8% Feb to Mar and 4.2% YoY) the expenditure incr...
Friday, March 8, 2013

February Cass Freight Index Supports 10xLE® Predictions

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The February Cass Freight Index has been released and it continues to support and is right in line with what we have been predicting here at...
Tuesday, October 9, 2012

September CASS Freight Index - Year over Year Decline

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I will take a day to digest these numbers however the CASS Index is out for September and the results are mixed.  Increase month over month ...
Thursday, September 6, 2012

Cass August Index is Out - What Shall We Learn?

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The Cass Freight Index is out for August and the results are not surprising for those of us who stay close to this market every day.  Both ...
Thursday, August 9, 2012

Where is The Freight? - Cass Reports a Slowdown

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The Cass Freight Index report for July 2012 was somewhat anti-climatic for those of us who follow freight and knew we were in the depth of t...
Monday, March 12, 2012

CASS Freight Indices

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I should have remarked on this earlier although I have been busy, busy, busy!  Looks like freight rates have leveled off from the somewhat a...