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Orders for new commercial trailers jumped 55% in August over the comparable month last year, and new orders for the year to date are now 71% above the first eight months of 2009, ACT Research Co. reported.

Truck tonnage rose for the ninth consecutive month in August from year-ago levels, but the gain slowed to 2.9%, in line with the recent deceleration in the U.S. economy, American Trucking Associations reported.

A panel has denied the United States Postal Service’s request to increase the cost of first-class postage, the Associated Press reported.

U.S. manufacturing activity declined in September but continued to show expansion, the Institute for Supply Management said Friday.

Consumer confidence declined in September, according to the latest Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan monthly consumer sentiment index released Friday.

Consumer personal spending rose 0.4% in August as incomes improved, the Commerce Department said Friday.

The latest economic reports continue to show steady growth in the domestic economy, and fleets are buying more tractors and ordering more trailers as freight levels now have exceeded year-ago levels for nine consecutive months.

I just read the great news in your well-written article in Transport Topics, headlined “Truck Deaths Plunge 20%; NHTSA Says 2009 Was Safest Year on Record.”