What will the BTS Transportation Services Index freight component read for May 2026?
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics publishes the Transportation Services Index each month, with a freight-only component that moves on truck...
June ISM Manufacturing PMI printed 53.3%, down a touch from May's 54.0 but the sixth straight month of expansion and comfortably clear of 50.5. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/manufacturing-pmi-at-53-3-june-2026-ism-manufacturing-pmi-report-302814991.html
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This market has been scored against the published resolution criteria. The result, final crowd consensus and source rules are preserved here so readers can compare the forecast with what actually happened.
July 4, 2026
Manufacturing PMI has been in contraction (<50) for most of 2025. Breaking above 50.5 signals not just expansion but solid growth in manufacturing activity. Freight demand is heavily weighted to manufacturing output.
Active markets come first, followed by recently resolved calls from the same category.
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics publishes the Transportation Services Index each month, with a freight-only component that moves on truck...
Series PCU484121484121 is the Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index for general freight trucking, long-distance truckload. Fleet financ...
May benefits from seasonal freight activity: produce season, Memorial Day retail and the ramp toward summer inventory builds. The question is whe...
June ISM Manufacturing PMI printed 53.3%, down a touch from May's 54.0 but the sixth straight month of expansion and comfortably clear of 50.5. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/manufacturing-pmi-at-53-3-june-2026-ism-manufacturing-pmi-report-302814991.html
This market has been scored against the published resolution criteria. The result, final crowd consensus and source rules are preserved here so readers can compare the forecast with what actually happened.
July 4, 2026
Manufacturing PMI has been in contraction (<50) for most of 2025. Breaking above 50.5 signals not just expansion but solid growth in manufacturing activity. Freight demand is heavily weighted to manufacturing output.
Active markets come first, followed by recently resolved calls from the same category.
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics publishes the Transportation Services Index each month, with a freight-only component that moves on truck...
Series PCU484121484121 is the Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index for general freight trucking, long-distance truckload. Fleet financ...
May benefits from seasonal freight activity: produce season, Memorial Day retail and the ramp toward summer inventory builds. The question is whe...