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Brits must brace for energy RATIONING. Aussies told to brace for ‘Covid 2.0’ price shock. Trucking leaders across America warn Iran war diesel surge could drive widespread consumer price increases. Diesel gas prices hit $5 a gallon

March 17, 2026 7:11 amMarch 16, 2026 8:03 pm

Brits must brace for energy RATIONING as Middle East chaos causes shortages, ex-No10 expert warns https://t.co/wcNsfx6Ee3 — Daily Mail (@DailyMail) March 16, 2026 Brits were today warned they must brace for energy rationing as the Middle East crisis continues. Former …

U.S. trucking freight volumes, a key signal for the goods economy, are down 17% YoY. Hiring has fallen to its lowest level since 2009, and layoffs have reached their highest point since 2020.

October 28, 2025 6:30 pm

We’re about to enter the retail holiday season. Give it a few more weeks to see the real horror. Trucking freight volumes, a signal for the goods economy are a dumpster fire right now (-17% YoY) pic.twitter.com/4YPkLJtHdu — Craig Fuller …

The “trucker shortage” fake narrative has led to cargo thefts across the nation, trucking execs created this crisis and now play the victim

October 7, 2025 1:25 pm

The American Trucking Association (ATA) is out here feigning outrage over cargo thefts like the Guy Fieri tequila heist that just hit 60 Minutes—24,000 bottles of Santo Tequila vanished in a slick double-brokering scam. For years, the ATA has lied …

US trucking volumes plunge 14% year over year, freight slowdown began with tariff turmoil in February

July 21, 2025 3:29 pm

Supply chain jitters deepen with sustained trucking decline. US trucking volumes are down 14% YoY. The diversion in the direction freight market started in earnest around early February, around the start of some of the chaotic messaging around tariffs began. …

“Mid-to-late May trucking comes to a halt”

May 5, 2025 1:55 pm

"Mid-to-late May trucking comes to a halt" CNBC just published this chart. I've included some charts that show trucking demand right now (volumes, loads rejected, and avg spot rates) Where do you think they'll be in 2 weeks? pic.twitter.com/f8S24fcWIG — …

The Coming Shortage: China trade freeze sets the stage for massive delays. Shipping, trucking, and warehouses to face brutal disruptions by May. Container bookings have collapsed.

April 24, 2025 1:43 pmApril 24, 2025 12:05 pm

The White House has put itself and the country in a bad situation but doesn’t realize it yet. Around April 10th China to USA trade shut down. It takes ~30 days for containers to go from China to LA. 45 …

Trucking volumes out of Los Angeles are equivalent to Thanksgiving and close to Christmas.

April 23, 2025 10:25 pm

Trucking volumes out of Los Angeles are equivalent to Thanksgiving and close to Christmas. Thanksgiving and Christmas are typically the lowest volume days of the year. Truckers should avoid taking freight to Southern Cal, else risk having to deadhead back …

Credit card delinquencies highest since 2011. 275,000 jobs cut in March as layoffs surge. Trucking volumes have collapsed to near pre-COVID levels.

April 23, 2025 1:51 pmApril 23, 2025 10:43 am

The pressure is not just building. It is bursting through the seams. More than 5,300,000 student borrowers are now in default. Another 4,000,000 are about to be hunted down when federal collections resume on May 5. These are not small …

Corporate bond spreads surge, financial distress signals flash red. Recession fears mount as trucking index slides.

March 18, 2025 1:53 pm

Markets are hanging by a thread, and most don’t see it coming. High-yield corporate bond spreads just spiked 60 basis points in a month—hitting a six-month high. Investment-grade spreads aren’t far behind, climbing to their highest level since September. These …

Walmart Recession Signal reaches highest level since 2020, trucking bankruptcies rise.

December 20, 2024 12:19 pm

This is interesting: The Walmart Recession Signal has jumped to the highest level since the 2020 pandemic. This is a recession indicator measured by Walmart’s stock price, $WMT, divided by the S&P Global Luxury Index of luxury goods stocks. The …

Trucking Data Show A Recession

September 21, 2024 8:32 am

via Tom McClellan The folks at Cass Information Systems spend their time gathering a lot of data about how much money gets spent on shipping things, and their data show that the U.S. is already in a recession of economic activity. This …

Trucking employment has been collapsing. Initial claims up nearly 20% since January to 242,000!

June 13, 2024 7:49 pm

WARNING: Trucking employment has been collapsing This is a precursor to recessions since 1991 pic.twitter.com/QwxGaAGIZO — Bravos Research (@bravosresearch) June 13, 2024 US ECONOMY: UNEMPLOYMENT 📈 📈 Initial claims up nearly 20% since January to 242,000! 📈Continued claims up 6.4%, …

Biden’s EPA regulations threaten to cripple the trucking industry, hurting American businesses and workers.

March 29, 2024 7:58 pm

from Fox News: The Biden administration finalized long-awaited regulations targeting emissions generated from heavy-duty vehicles, including trucks and buses, the latest salvo in President Biden’s sweeping climate agenda. The Environmental Protection Agency announced the new regulations Friday morning, and officials …

Consumer confidence drop and declining trucking employment hint at looming recession fears.

March 27, 2024 9:21 pm

🇺🇸 US Conference Board Consumer Confidence Expectations minus Present Situation -77.2 Leading indicator for #recession! Chart: @LizAnnSonders pic.twitter.com/nYsQcGlMBq — Alex Joosten (@joosteninvestor) March 27, 2024 As economic indicators send warning signals, analysts are keeping a close eye on the pulse …

Trucks don’t lie. Seeing a lot of trucking signs on the highways that we are in a serious recession.

March 16, 2024 10:50 pm

by AC I drive deliveries on all the major highways in the NY Tristate Region at all hours of the day and night. I am seeing some very bad signs that we are in a Major League Economic slowdown by …

Trucking employment: another reliable predictor of recessions is signaling a recession

January 11, 2024 1:41 pm

h/t mrmrmrj

Did the bank fail because of bad trucking loans?

November 6, 2023 12:12 pm

via dismal-jellyfish: Jeff Plagge (the superintendent of the Iowa Division of Banking (IDOB)), also issued a statement: The bank had a concentration of out-of-territory and out-of-state loans to one industry and incurred heavy losses on some of those loans. However, prior …

Trucking Recession Deepens: Convoy Suspends Operations and Cancels All Shipments

October 19, 2023 12:35 pm

via Mike Shedlock: There’s some sad news today in the trucking business today that unfortunately has some people cheering. Digital Startup Convoy Is Winding Down Its Freight Business Digital freight startup Convoy, a business founded by former Amazon.com executives …

The UAW strike is having a massive impact on trucking volumes….

October 5, 2023 8:11 am

This one is going to hurt. The UAW strike is having a massive impact on trucking volumes. I haven't seen this big of a drop in trucking contract volumes outside of a holiday since the start of COVID. Contracted load …

Huge Cyber Attack On Major Trucking Company Putting Stress On Shipping System

October 4, 2023 10:16 am

For the last three days Estes Express is being hit hard with the attack. No phones, No Website, No Internal Systems, No nothing. They claim they are still making pick ups and delivery, but that’s not what I’m personally experiencing. …

Trucking firm granted $700 million U.S. bailout declares BANKRUPTCY

August 18, 2023 10:55 am

via naturalnews: Yellow, the freight-trucking company formerly known as YRC Worldwide, is struggling and filing for bankruptcy three years after receiving a $700 million Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic-era bailout from the federal government. Despite negotiations that went on for months, disagreements between Yellow’s management and …

The Beat Goes On: Another Bank Has Collapsed, Another Trucking Company Has Collapsed, And U.S. Consumers Are Tapped Out

July 31, 2023 9:53 pm

by Michael Should we be surprised that we are witnessing so many failures all around us? After all, the mainstream media claims that the U.S. economy is doing just great. Of course the truth is that the economy is not in …

Insane California green energy rules could wreck trucking industry

July 7, 2023 10:36 am

Without truckers, America would grind to a halt. There’s no doubt about it. Truckers work a demanding job delivering our food, clothes and other necessities. But rather than support our hard-working men and women behind the wheel, President Joe Biden …