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FREIGHT STATISTICS * USA - Transportation Services Index (TSI) Rose 0.1 Percent in June from May
Washington,DC,USA -Bureau of Transportations Statistics, by Dave Smallen -August 13, 2008: -- The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) rose 0.1 percent in June from its May level, rising for the second consecutive month, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today... For the first six months of 2008, the freight index advanced 2.9 percent, its largest increase for the first six months of the year since 2002. In 2007, the index dropped 0.4 percent in the first half of the year before rising about the same amount in the last six months to finish virtually unchanged for the year... For additional historical data, go to http://www.bts.gov/xml/tsi/src/index.xml... Despite the decline from June 2006 level, the freight index has increased 8.1 percent in five years and 10.3 percent in 10 years... The TSI is a seasonally adjusted index that measures changes from the monthly average of the base year of 2000. It includes historic data from 1990 to the present. Release of the July index is scheduled for Sept. 10...
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