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August 2024 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) Up 1.1% from the Previous Month and Up 1.0% from the Same Month Last Year

October 10, 2024

The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, rose 1.1% in August from July, rising for the first month this quarter, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). From August 2023 to August 2024 the index rose 1.0% (Tables 1, 2, and 2A).

10/10/2024 July 2024 U.S. Airline Traffic Data Up 4.5% from the Same Month Last Year

10/07/2024 U.S. Airlines’ August 2024 Fuel Cost per Gallon down 4.3% from July 2024; Aviation Fuel Consumption up 1.9% from Pre-Pandemic August 2019

10/04/2024 September 2024 U.S. Transportation Sector Unemployment (5.1%) Rises Above the September 2023 Level (4.9%) and the Pre-Pandemic September 2019 Level (3.3%)

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