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Alternative Title:
Truck and trailer outlook
Corporate Creators:
Economic Planning Associates, Inc.
Subject/TRT Terms:
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Buses Commercial Vehicles Forecasting Retail Trade Sales Shipments Statistics Trailers Transportation Planning Trucks
Resource Type:
Research Paper
Edition:
Quarterly report
Corporate Publisher:
Economic Planning Associates, Inc.
NTL Classification:
NTL-FREIGHT-FREIGHT;NTL-FREIGHT-Trucking Industry;NTL-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES-Statistics;NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Freight Planning and Policy;NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-PLANNING AND POLICY;
Abstract:
Demand for commercial trucks and trailers scored impressive gains last year as a vibrant

economy, strong customer markets, relatively modest levels of inflation and interest rates,

and the accelerated depreciation provisions of the Tax Stimulus programs, all served to

stimulate purchases of trucks and trailers. And, the upward momentum has continued

into 2005. However, as can be anticipated, the robust gains of 2004 are proving difficult to match. While commercial truck and bus sales (Classes 4-8) jumped 31.5% last year, retail sales

of this equipment through the first three quarters of 2005 were running 18.3% above the

comparable period of 2004. By the same token, after advancing 28.5% last year, our

latest survey of trailer manufactures indicates that trailer shipments through September of

this year were running 8.8% above the similar period of 2004.


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Collection(s):
US Transportation Collection
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