The U.S. economy improved at a “modest to moderate” pace” in late April and early May, with transportation services and manufacturing showing gains, the Federal Reserve said in a report.
June 5, 2013EditorialGovernmentBusiness
Editorial: Our Resilient Economy
The latest financial data show that the U.S. economy has exhibited amazing resilience in recent months, despite the fear and uncertainty that some political developments in Washington have spread and that many analysts feared would paralyze the nation’s recovery from the Great Recession.
June 3, 2013GovernmentBusiness
Economy, Transport Services Show Modest Growth, Fed ‘Beige Book’ Says
The U.S. economy improved at a moderate pace in March, with transportation services and manufacturing showing gains, the Federal Reserve said.
April 17, 2013EditorialGovernmentBusiness
Editorial: Growing ‘Cliff’ Worries
Concerns about the “fiscal cliff” seem to be spreading into lots of unexpected places, including the heart of the trucking industry.
December 10, 2012GovernmentBusiness
ISM Services Index Slips in October
An index of the U.S. economy’s service sector declined in October, the Institute for Supply Management said Monday.
November 5, 2012EditorialGovernmentBusiness
Editorial: Surviving the ‘Fiscal Cliff’
The “fiscal cliff” lurks as a major potential danger, and not far down the road. The danger is to us all, in the form of higher taxes, spending cuts in vital areas and what a failure to act might mean to the country’s psyche.
October 29, 2012GovernmentBusiness
U.S. to Show Modest Growth in 2013, Economists Tell MCE
LAS VEGAS — If Congress and the president can avoid a “self-inflicted” recession early next year, the U.S. economy in general, and trucking specifically, will probably keep limping along with very modest growth in 2013, economists said here Tuesday at American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition.
October 10, 2012Special CoverageGovernmentBusiness
U.S. to Show Modest Growth in 2013, Economists Tell MCE
LAS VEGAS — If Congress and the president can avoid a “self-inflicted” recession early next year, the U.S. economy in general, and trucking specifically, will probably keep limping along with very modest growth in 2013, economists said here Tuesday at American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition.
October 9, 2012EditorialGovernmentBusiness
Editorial: Bickering Yields Sour Fruit
The political bickering that has engulfed much of the federal government over the past months and months is apparently weighing heavily on the nation’s economy.
September 10, 2012PerspectiveGovernmentBusiness
Opinion: Competing in a Difficult Economy
Many carriers, beset by both the weak economy and pricing competition from brokers and third-party logistics providers, are seeking new ways to win, keep and better serve customers. Business lines such as home delivery, warehousing and alternative mail are adding to — or replacing — revenues cut by the economy and the competition.
August 27, 2012