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For-hire Motor Carrier Freight Services Price Index, first quarter 2015

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Released: 2015-06-30

The For-hire Motor Carrier Freight Services Price Index decreased 1.3% in the first quarter from the fourth quarter of 2014.

The general freight trucking component (-0.7%) and the specialized freight trucking component (-2.7%) posted declines.

Year over year, the index declined 3.7% in the first quarter compared with the same quarter of 2014.

Chart 1  Chart 1: For-hire Motor Carrier Freight Services Price Index
For-hire Motor Carrier Freight Services Price Index


  Note to readers

The For-hire Motor Carrier Freight Services Price Index measures changes over time in prices for the for-hire motor carrier freight services provided by general and specialized freight trucking companies.

Data are available at the Canada level only.

With each release, data for the previous quarter may have been revised. The series are also subject to an annual revision with the release of second quarter data of the following reference year. The indexes are not seasonally adjusted.

The For-hire Motor Carrier Freight Services Price Index for the second quarter will be released on September 30.

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