Sunday, September 6, 2026

Early Sign of an Industrial Slowdown?

Slowdown or speedbump? From FreightWaves Flatbed capacity appears to have increased rapidly over the past month according to the flatbed tender rejection index for the U.S. Since September 17th the FTRI.USA has dropped 48% or 848 bps from 17.74% to 9.26%, indicating flatbed trucks are not as in demand as they have been for the first 3 quarters of the