Freight Transportation Services Index Rose 0.2% in June from May
On August 11, 2010, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported that the Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) rose 0.2 percent in June from its May level, rising after one monthly decline. The Freight TSI has risen 4.7 percent over the…
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last 13 months, starting in June 2009, after declining 15.3 percent in the previous 10 months beginning in August 2008. The Freight TSI measures the month-to-month changes in freight shipments in ton-miles, which are then combined into one index. The index measures the output of the for-hire freight transportation industry and consists of data from for-hire trucking, rail, inland waterways, pipelines and air freight.