FTR | State of Freight
State of Freight is a series of industry resources from FTR, the leader in market intelligence and forecasting for the North American freight transportation industry. FTR podcasts provide updates for the Trucking and Rail markets, as well as the broader economy. Each podcast includes a slide deck of graphs that can be used in presentations or for internal analysis. For show downloads and to signup for more State of Freight content, go to www.FTRintel.com/podcast.
Episodes
696 episodes
Trucking Market Update - Week Beginning April 28, 2025
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 trucks. We also review the latest data from FM...
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Episode 311
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21:12
Rail Market Update - Week ending April 25, 2025
This week's topics include: Tariff Update • ARCI results • Rail traffic updateThe Rail Market Update is hosted by FTR’s Senior Analyst, Rail, Joseph Towers. As this information is presented, you are welcome to follow along an...
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Episode 246
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8:55
Trucking Market Update - Week Beginning April 21, 2025
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 trade policy. Plus, we recap the week in diesel p...
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Episode 310
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16:31
Trucking Market Update - Week Beginning April 14, 2025
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 wholesale sector, applications for new businesses, ...
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Episode 309
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24:17
Rail Market Update - Week ending April 11, 2025
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 implications for inflation, imports, ...
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Episode 245
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11:24
Trucking Market Update - Week Beginning April 7, 2025
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 also review the labor situation for the U.S. mo...
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Episode 308
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22:09
Trucking Market Update - Week Beginning March 31, 2025
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, we recap the week in diesel prices and the spo...
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Episode 307
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22:19
Rail Market Update - March 27, 2025
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.The Rail Market Update is hosted by FTR’s...
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Episode 244
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9:24
Trucking Market Update - Week Beginning March 24, 2025
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 freight as usual.The Trucking Market Updat...
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Episode 306
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13:48
Trucking Market Update - Week Beginning March 17, 2025
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. We also revisit trucking revenues in the fo...
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Episode 305
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20:41
Trucking Market Update - Week Beginning March 10, 2025
In this week's episode we tackle the following topics:Payroll employment for trucking and related sectorsTariff update and January imports follow-upDiesel and petroleum marketsSpot market conditions <...
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Episode 304
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19:31
Rail Market Update - Week ending March 7, 2025
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 takeaway from the event was the widespread he...
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Episode 243
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Trucking Market Update - Week Beginning March 3, 2025
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 for-hire carrier population in February. We als...
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Episode 303
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21:33
Trucking Market Update - Week Beginning February 24, 2025
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 warehousing. We also discuss revenues for the ...
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Episode 302
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18:13
Rail Market Update - February 20, 2024
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 ConferenceTariff UpdateWeekly Rail Traffi...
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Episode 242
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6:39
Trucking Market Update - Week Beginning February 17, 2025
In this week’s episode of FTR’s Trucking Market Update podcast, we dig into some key indicators of the industrial and consumer economy, including manufacturing output, retail sales, and inventories. Plus, we review pricing in the consumer and b...
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Episode 301
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18:47
Trucking Market Update - Week Beginning February 10, 2025
In this week’s episode of FTR’s Trucking Market Update podcast, we dive into payroll employment for trucking, highlighting the outcome of an annual benchmark revision of the data. We also look at non-payroll employment in trucking and at the em...
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Episode 300
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23:44
Rail Market Update - Week ending February 7, 2025
In this Rail Market Update: Get the latest on weekly rail traffic, with a focus on intermodal activity. This week's topics include:TariffsWeekly traffic reportsThe Rail Market Update is hosted by F...
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Episode 241
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11:55
Trucking Market Update - Week Beginning February 3, 2025
In this week’s episode of FTR’s Trucking Market Update podcast, we look at some data on trucking employment for 2024 ahead of this week’s jobs report and discuss changes in the for-hire carrier population in January. We also review some key ind...
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Episode 299
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25:40
Trucking Market Update - Week Beginning January 27, 2025
In this week’s episode of FTR’s Trucking Market Update podcast, we focus on the housing market, specifically sales of new and existing homes. Plus, we review the latest data from FMCSA’s drug and alcohol clearinghouse and recap the week in dies...
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Episode 298
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16:57
Rail Market Update - Week ending January 24, 2025
In this Rail Market Update: Get the latest on weekly rail traffic, with a focus on intermodal activity. This week's topics include:In-use locomotive request withdrawn Patrick Fuchs appointed Chairm...
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Episode 240
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8:33
Trucking Market Update - Week Beginning January 20, 2025
In this week’s episode of FTR’sTrucking Market Updatepodcast,wedig into key indicators of health in the industrial, consumer, and housing markets,and we discuss some early takeaways from President Trump’s first couple of daysin officeas wel...
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Episode 297
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24:42
Trucking Market Update - Week Beginning January 13, 2025
In this week’s episode of FTR’s Trucking Market Update podcast, we dig into payroll employment in trucking and related transportation industries. We also review the broader labor market as well as international trade and inventories and sales i...
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Episode 296
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24:41
Rail Market Update - Week ending January 10, 2025
In this Rail Market Update: Get the latest on weekly rail traffic, with a focus on intermodal activity. This week's topics include:Port strike avertedProtential TariffsRail Traffic Th...
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Episode 239
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8:17
Trucking Market Update - Week Beginning January 6, 2025
In this week’s episode of FTR’s Trucking Market Update podcast, we review how the for-hire trucking population changed during December and the fourth quarter of 2024 and we address a number of economic indicators for the industrial, consumer, a...
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Episode 295
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18:56
Rail Market Update - Week ending Dec 20, 2024
In this Rail Market Update: Get the latest on weekly rail traffic, with a focus on intermodal activity. This week's topics include:Rail trafficIntermodal pull-forwardProposed TariffsPotential ...
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Episode 238
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11:21
Trucking Market Update - Week Beginning December 16, 2024
In this week’s episode of FTR’s Trucking Market Update podcast, we dive into some key indicators of the industrial and consumer sectors, including industrial production and retail sales, and examine the latest data regarding price inflation, in...
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Episode 294
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24:11
Rail Market Update - Special Guest - Jim Pang - December 13, 2024
This Week on the Rail Market Update Podcast: A Special Interview!We’re shaking things up this week with a unique episode! Join Joseph as he sits down with Jim Pang, VP of Services Strategy & Head of Digital Produ...
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Episode 236
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43:51
Trucking Market Update - Week Beginning December 9, 2024
In this week’s episode of FTR’s Trucking Market Update podcast, we dig into payroll employment in trucking and changes in the for-hire carrier population. We also examine the broader U.S. labor market and discuss some key indicators of the indu...
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Episode 293
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