For-hire Motor Carrier Freight Services Price Index, third quarter 2012
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The For-hire Motor Carrier Freight Services Price Index decreased 0.2% in the third quarter from the second quarter.
The general freight trucking component declined 0.4% and the specialized freight trucking component was down 0.1%.
Year over year, the index advanced 1.8% in the third quarter.
Services Producer Price Index: Truck transportation
Chart description: Services Producer Price Index: Truck transportation
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.
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.
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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