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For-hire Motor Carrier Freight Services Price Index, fourth quarter 2012

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Released: 2013-03-28

The For-hire Motor Carrier Freight Services Price Index increased 0.5% in the fourth quarter from the third quarter.

The general freight trucking component went up 0.7% and the specialized freight trucking component increased 0.1%.

Year over year, the index advanced 1.6% in the fourth quarter.

Chart 1  Chart 1: For-hire Motor Carrier Freight Services Price Index - Description and data table
For-hire Motor Carrier Freight Services Price Index

Chart 1: For-hire Motor Carrier Freight Services Price Index - Description and data table

  Note to readers

The For-hire Motor Carrier Freight Services Price Index measures changes over time in prices for the for-hire motor carrier freight services provided by general and specialized freight trucking companies.

With each release, data for the previous quarter may have been revised. The series are also subject to an annual revision with the release of second quarter data of the following reference year. The indexes are not seasonally adjusted.

The For-hire Motor Carrier Freight Services Price Index for the first quarter will be released on June 28.

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