The Extra Mile Q1 2025 Logistics Industry Report is now available. Get all the key insights on freight rates, fuel prices and shipping indices that you need as a logistics professional.
2023 was a mixed year for the economy and the logistics industry. The first half of the year brought hefty challenges—rising inflation, faltering manufacturing output, negative GDP growth, falling consumer confidence. Things did not look good heading into the...
Nov 9, 2023
This has not been an easy year for the U.S. economy, but it, like the logistics industry, is resilient. We’ve seen inflation rise, manufacturing output falter, and GDP growth fall into near recession territory, yet supply chains keep moving. We’ve seen consumer...
Aug 9, 2023
We’ve reached the halfway point of the year. Based on the numbers from our last report, we determined that there was plenty of room for growth in both the economy and the logistics industry. While that growth has yet to manifest itself, the industry is at a stable...
Jan 25, 2023
We have reached the end of 2022 at last. It was a transformational year for the logistics industry. Key links in domestic and global supply chains have had to adapt to the challenges brought by disruptions, potential recessions, and many other changes in the global...
Oct 18, 2022
Sometimes in life we recognize that no bad news is good news. While the latest numbers in the U.S. economy and the logistics industry are middling, this comes as good news to many. The economic drop experienced over the last two quarters seems to have reversed, many...
