For-hire Motor Carrier Freight Services Price Index, first quarter 2012

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The For-Hire Motor Carrier Freight Services Price Index increased 0.9% in the first quarter from the fourth quarter of 2011.

The general freight trucking component and the specialized freight trucking component advanced 0.9%.

Year over year, the index advanced 3.7% in the first quarter.

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For-Hire Motor Carrier Freight Services Price Index: Truck transportation

Chart description: For-Hire Motor Carrier Freight Services Price Index: Truck transportation

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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 for the most recent quarter are preliminary. The previous quarter of the series is subject to revision. The series are also subject to an annual revision released with second quarter data of the following reference year. The indexes are not seasonally adjusted.

With this release, a new CANSIM table that contains quarterly data is available for the For-hire Motor Carrier Freight Services Price Index. The table which contains monthly data will continue to be updated with each release.

Table 1

Services Producer Price Index: For-Hire Motor Carrier Freight Services – Not seasonally adjusted

Available without charge in CANSIM: tables CANSIM table332-0004 and CANSIM table332-0009.

Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number survey number5136.

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