Transportation Services Index
Transportation Services Index
Monthly data, seasonally adjusted
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the Transportation Services Index (TSI) is a measure of the month-to-month change in the output of services provided by the for-hire transportation industry. the index can be examined together with other economic indicators to produce a better understanding of the current and future course of the economy.
Transportation Services Index | Aug-08 | Sep-08 |
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Total Transportation Services (Index: 2000=100) | 111.89 | 109.35 |
Percent change from previous month | -1.33 | -2.27 |
Freight Transportation Services (Index: 2000=100) | 110.77 | 108.01 |
Percent change from previous month | -1.87 | -2.50 |
Passenger Transportation Services (Index: 2000=100) | 116.75 | 114.92 |
Percent change from previous month | 0.39 | -1.57 |
NOTES: TSI is updated monthly with the latest four months' index numbers considered preliminary. Each month BTS releases the latest preliminary TSI, and replaces the oldest preliminary TSI with a revised TSI.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transportation Services Index, available at http://www.bts.gov/ as of November 2008.