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➡ journal truckgauge Trucking adds 4,200 jobs in Dec. Indicators 1,320 • Industrial production increased 0.3% in December from November, while manufacturing output increased 0.8%. Both were on top of November gains after Hurricane Sandy in October. Spending on construction in November was 0.3% lower than in October but 9.2% higher than in November 2011. Private construction spending was down 0.2%, while public construction spending was down 0.4%. 1,280 1,260 1,240 9 8 2011 2012 5.75 6 2010 in December 4 5 For-hire trucking companies added 4,200 payroll jobs in December on a seasonally adjusted basis. Payroll employment in trucking in December totaled 1.3625 million jobs – up 0.31% from November and 3.4% from December 2011. Trucking employment was up by 128,300 jobs, or 10.4%, from the bottom in March 2010, but it remained 90,900 jobs, or 6.3%, below the peak in January 2007. The number of trucking jobs was up 3.4% since the beginning of the year. 2 month ev 2009 st er 3 1 Source: bureau of labor statistics r or 1,200 b 1 0 month ev e 7 1,220 t es 1 = worst 10 = best w in thousands 1,300 The ratio of inventories to sales throughout the economy stood at 1.28 for the third straight month in November. • 1,340 • Carrier Sentiment Index drops in December As reported in the December 2012 edition of the Randall-Reilly MarketPulse Report, the Carrier Sentiment Index for December was 5.75 – down from 6.22 reported for November. The index assesses the month on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the carrier's worst month and 10 being the best. The index level for carriers with more than 100 power units was 5.73 (down from 6.33 in November), while the level for those with 10 to 100 power units was 5.81 (down from 5.97). The entire report is available for $99 at www.rrmarketpulse.com. 72% Source: Randall-Reilly MarketPulse report Miles go up. Costs go down. Tank empties. Bank fills. Impossible? Not with PeopleNet. We can see opportunities for MPG gains where others can't. Guaranteed. Find out more and get the power too: Cut through CSA complexities and ramp up fleet score success with EOBRs that go above and beyond. For more CSA insight visit: peoplenetonline.com/ThePowerTo peoplenetCSA.com A FLEET MANAGEMENT, MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AND ONBOARD COMPUTING COMPANY ©2012 PeopleNet Communications. A FLEET MANAGEMENT, MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AND ONBOARD COMPUTING COMPANY ©2012 PeopleNet Text INFO to 205-289-3554 or visit www.ccjdigital.com/info commercial carrier journal | february 2013 19 1/23/12 3:01 PM CCJ_0213_truckgaugespread.indd 19 1/23/13 8:57 AM