For-hire Motor Carrier Freight Services Price Index, second quarter 2015
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Released: 2015-09-30
The For-hire Motor Carrier Freight Services Price Index decreased 0.3% in the second quarter compared with the first quarter.
The general freight trucking component increased 0.1% and the specialized freight trucking component declined 1.0%.
Year over year, the index fell 4.3% in the second quarter compared with the same quarter of 2014.
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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.
Next release
The For-hire Motor Carrier Freight Services Price Index for the third quarter will be released on December 23.
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