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Economics, employment, and finance

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BTS Updates Transportation Economic Trends Winter 2025

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released its winter 2025 update to the Transportation Economic Trends (TET). TET highlights transportation's role in the economy and explores changes (trends) over time through a series of interactive...

U.S. Cargo and Passenger Airlines Lost 21,280 Jobs in December 2024

U.S. airline industry (passenger and cargo airlines combined) employment decreased to 1,014,225 workers in December 2024, 21,330 (2.06%) less workers than in November 2024 (1,035,555). U.S. scheduled-service passenger airlines employed 544,298 workers in December 2024, or 54% of the industry-wide...

U.S. Cargo and Passenger Airlines Gained 14,163 Jobs in November 2024

U.S. airline industry (passenger and cargo airlines combined) employment increased to 1,035,476 workers in November 2024, 14,163 (1.39%) more workers than in October 2024 (1,021,313). U.S. scheduled-service passenger airlines employed 543,877 workers in November 2024, or 53% of the industry-wide...

Transportation Producer Price Index – December 2024

Today, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) released the change in the costs faced by producers purchasing transportation services and industries producing them, from December 2023 to December 2024, as measured by the Producer Price Index (PPI). The PPI measures inflation from the...