Long-Distance Trucking Freight Trends

Indexed pricing, labor, shipment volume, and freight recession regimes across 2016–2026.

Freight pricing index
Base-100 since Jan 2016
Cass shipment index
Base-100 since Jan 2016
Freight employment index
Base-100 since Jan 2016
Freight recession months
Share of the observed period
What stands out now

The dashboard tracks freight rates, trucking employment, and shipment volume on both indexed and year-over-year bases. It is designed to separate structural level shifts from cycle changes.

    Longest downturn
    Peak rate-volume gap
    Best lag correlation
    Chart-series policy implementation

    This dashboard implements 6 charts in the required mix: 2 from G1, 3 from G2, and 1 from G3. Each chart answers a distinct analytical question: structural levels, growth regimes, downturn duration, rate-volume decoupling, seasonality, and cross-metric relationship.

      G1 · Indexed freight stack with recession shading
      How far have pricing, employment, and shipment volume diverged since the 2016 base period?
      G1 · YoY growth regime lines
      When did demand, labor, and pricing momentum turn positive or negative?
      G2 · Freight recession episodes: duration and severity
      Which downturns were brief resets versus sustained freight contractions?
      G2 · Rate-volume spread
      When did freight pricing disconnect from shipment demand?
      G2 · Cass seasonality heatmap
      Which years showed broad month-by-month shipment weakness rather than isolated soft spots?
      G3 · Cass vs PPI YoY relationship
      How tightly do shipment growth and freight rate growth move together, and where do recession months cluster?
      Chart selection justification summary
      Required context for the selected chart series, including group membership, fit score, columns used, and the analytical insight each chart is meant to surface.
      Chart name Group Commonality score Why it fits Columns Primary insight