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September 2025
Market Pulse: For-hire trucking's overcapacity problem—and its eventual solution
August 2025
Market Pulse: When will freight demand finally improve?
August 2025
Market Pulse: Analyst's outlook for tariffs: hurting what trucks haul
July 2025
Market Pulse: How the truck market is reacting to today's freight
April 2025
Navigating economic uncertainty in trucking amid Trump tariffs: Market Pulse with ACT Research
April 2025
Market Pulse: Trump’s regulatory timeline shifts trucking focus
February 2025
Market Pulse: Navigating 2025’s early used truck market amid tariffs and uncertainty
January 2025
Trump's emissions impact: Talking regulations on Market Pulse with ACT Research and FleetOwner
December 2024
FleetOwner Market Pulse with ACT Research: A look back and ahead from 2024 to 2025
DAT iQ Live
DAT iQ Market Update with Tim Denoyer: Ep. 320
August 2024
FleetOwner Market Pulse with ACT Research: What does a Fed cut mean for trucking?
Optym - Episode 26
Research's role in trucking | Tim Denoyer of ACT Research
July 2024
FleetOwner Market Pulse with ACT Research
DAT iQ Live
DAT's Data Analytics team examines current freight market conditions: Ep. 300
DAT iQ Live
DAT's Data Analytics team examines current freight market conditions: Ep. 287
ACT Research & Arrive Logistics
The Freight Cycle and Supply Visibility
Fetch Freight & ACT Research
2024 Freight Forecast: Truckload Rates & Market Trends Webinar
TruckTractorTrailer.com
STTTREAM: Steve Tam
Fleet Equipment
What recession? And what comes next?
September 2025 Coverage
- ACT Research: Economic and Regulatory Headwinds Reduce Tractor and Vocational Demand
- The great freight recession
- The Current and Future Health of the Trucking Market
- Truck drivers see August stability, but outlook cloudy
- Breaking down the IANA and ACT Research partnership: What you need to know
- ACT Research: Preliminary Classes 5-8 Net Orders for August
- ACT Research: August sees drop in preliminary Class 8 orders
- ACT Research: August sees drop in preliminary Class 8 orders
- North American Heavy Truck Orders in August Steady with July - ACT Research
- ACT Research: Preliminary Class 8 Orders Decline Y/Y in August
- Podcast: For-hire trucking’s overcapacity problem and what it means for the freight market
- Economic Trends: Spot market reveals changing trade patterns, ACT warns of coming price 'turbulence'
Previous Month's Coverage
Tariffs, regulations, and economic trends impact today’s commercial vehicle market
ACT’s For-Hire Trucking Index sees July increase
US Class 8 truck orders down in weak July
ACT Research: July 2025 Class 8 Orders Totaled 13,200 Units
Used Truck Sales and Prices Increase in July
When will freight demand improve? Trucking analyst offers outlook
US Truck Makers Face Tariff Costs, Shift Sourcing to Mexico
Kenny Vieth on Today’s Market: “I Wish I Had Better News”
ACT Research: Used Truck Market Outperformed Seasonality in July
It’s hard to find good news in an economic forecast these days
ACT Research: July For-Hire Volumes Turned Positive Due to Tariff Pull-Forwards
ACT Research: Used truck prices increase for second month
ACT Research: July 2025 Trailer Orders Total 8,800 Units
Low trade activity helping boost retail used prices
ACT Research: Used Truck Prices Increased in July
Day 2 of ACT Research’s Market Vitals Seminar Recap
Truckers brace for more pain as tariffs, weakening economy complicate freight recovery
ACT Research: Tariffs raising equipment prices
ACT Research sees freight market challenges ahead
ACT Research: Tariff Effects Still in Early Innings
Steel, aluminum for trailers tagged with 50% tariff
Unpacking trucking's ‘FUN’ future. Is this the new normal?
Analyst's tariffs outlook: Hurting what trucks haul in 2025
July Class 8 Truck Sales Return to Year-Over-Year Losses
US Trailer Orders Rise for Third Straight Month
ACT Research’s Market Vitals Seminar Recap: Uncertainty Building Pent-Up Demand
ACT Research: US trailer orders down in July
ACT Research: U.S. Trailer Order Intake at 8.8K Units in July
ACT Research: July Class 8 orders down
ACT's final July numbers show commercial trucks can't get into gear
ACT Research: Preliminary net trailer orders down in July
ACT Research: Preliminary net trailer orders down in July
ACT Research: July Class 8 Orders Totaled 13.2K Units
ACT Research: Preliminary Net Trailer Orders in July Lower M/M, as Expected
ACT: Used truck market continued to outperform seasonality in July
Commercial vehicle demand continues to weaken
ACT shows retail used truck market going strong
ACT Research: Used Truck Market Continued to Outperform Seasonality in July
Used Class 8 dealer sales spike 5.5%
ACT sees weakening heavy truck, vocational demand
ACT Research: Tractor and Vocational Demand Weakens Further
Class 8 Truck Orders Slip Nearly 2% Year Over Year in July
June For-Hire Trucking Index Shows Market Weakened by Tariffs and Overcapacity
Truck orders improve, but only slightly, in July
ACT Research: Preliminary Classes 5-8 net orders declined in July
State of trucking: Heavy and medium-duty commercial truck demand was weak in July
ACT Research: Preliminary Classes 5-8 net orders declined in July
Average Used Truck Price Rises for First Time in 2½ Years
North American Heavy Truck Orders Dip Slightly in July — ACT Research
ACT Research: Preliminary Classes 5-8 Net Orders Declined in July
Commercial Vehicle Group cuts FY25 revenue view to $650M-$670M from $660M-$690M
ACT Research: Tariff Effects and Ongoing Overcapacity Prolong For-Hire Volume Downcycle
ACT: Tariff effects, ongoing overcapacity prolong for-hire volume downcycle
Wabash lease income up 79.3% despite weaker demand
June Used Truck Market Remains Strong Despite Economic and Tariff Uncertainty
Briefly: Average retail price of a used Class 8 truck finally increased
Used Class 8 truck prices spike 10.4% YoY
ACT Research: Used truck prices increase in June
ACT Research: Used Truck Prices Increased in June
Trailer Orders Up 133% in June, per ACT Research
June 2025 freight volumes and rates still impacted by overcapacity and tariffs
ACT: Tariffs significantly affecting the freight market
ACT Research: Freight Market Air Pockets Ahead?
Huge spike in US trailer orders
ACT Research: U.S. Trailer Order Intake at 15.4K Units in June
Paccar Expects Truck Demand Upswing in Second Half
ACT: U.S. trailer orders spike 133% in June
Pull forward of trailer orders in June unlikely to continue
Market Pulse: How the truck market is reacting to today's freight
ACT: June Class 8 orders down 35% compared to 2024
Final June truck orders announced
ACT Research: Preliminary Net Trailer Orders in June Deliver Upside Surprise
Used truck market held up well in June for dealers
ACT Research: June Class 8 Orders Totaled 9.5k Units
Surprise! Trailer orders jump in June
The Wall Street Journal - Logistics Report Number of the Day
ACT Research: Used Truck Market Prevails Despite Economic and Tariff Uncertainty
Vocational and Tractor Demand Slows as Freight Recovery Stalls
ACT Research’s August Market Vitals Seminar Open for Registration
ACT opens registration for August seminar
June 2025 ACT For-Hire Trucking Index Shows Continued Weakness in Freight Volumes
Daimler Truck North America laying off 2,000 workers as sales drop
Tariff uncertainty and inflation keep pressure on freight and manufacturing sectors
ATRI report examines evolving truck driver demographics
Class 8 Truck Sales in June Increase for First Time in 2025
ACT: Preliminary net trailer orders in June deliver upside surprise
ACT Research: Tractor and Vocational Demand Weakened by Fading Fundamentals and Uncertainty
Used Trucks in a Time of Transition
Used Class 8 truck prices rise 16% YoY
Tractor, vocational demand fading, ACT says
June 2025 ATD Truck Beat: Commercial Truck Sales Down 5.9% Through Q2
Medium-Duty Truck Sales Continued to Slip in June
May 2025 Trailer Market Update Shows 6,600 Units Ordered
Daimler announces 573 layoffs in Mount Holly
May 2025 Used Truck Prices: Class 8 Retail Down 2.3% in ACT Report
May 2025 Class 8 Orders Drop to 13,000 Units, ACT Research Reports
Used Truck Market Grapples With Instability in May
Class 8 truck orders slide in June amid freight demand softness and elevated cancellations
ACT Research: Preliminary Classes 5-8 Net Orders Declined in June
ACT Research: Preliminary Classes 5-8 net orders declined in June
North American Heavy Truck Orders Drop Sharply in June – ACT Research
ACT Research: Used Truck Prices Slipped Lower in May
ACT Research: For-Hire Freight Volume Weak, Capacity Decreased in May
Expected upturn in freight rates is ‘a day late and a dollar short’ for most
Used-truck market rife with uncertainty
ACT Research: For-Hire Freight Volume weak, capacity decreased in May
MEMA announces speakers for commercial vehicle outlook conference
ACT Research: Used truck prices slipped lower in May
Trailer Order Intake Drops in May, ACT Research Reports
ACT Research Predicts Extended Freight Recession Due to Trade Disputes
Editorial: Trucking Industry in Holding Pattern
The price of oil is down. The price of moving it by sea is way up.
ACT Research: Preliminary Net Trailer Orders in May Drop as Seasonally Expected
May Class 8 orders down 45% y/y
ACT: Used truck market held steady in May
Preliminary net trailer orders drop in May as seasonally expected
ACT: Tariffs to extend for-hire freight recession into 2026
May Trailer Orders Increase 12% From Last Year
May Trailer Orders Increase 12% From Last Year
Class 8 Truck Sales Drop 5% Year Over Year in May
Class 8 truck orders down more than 40% for May
ACT: Used truck market held steady in May
ACT Research: Used Truck Market Held Steady in May
ACT Research: Freight Cycle in the Hands of the Court
April Used Truck Prices Rise Slightly, ACT Research Finds
ACT Research: U.S. Trailer Order Intake at 6.6K Units in May
Volvo Group and Daimler Truck partner to launch Coretura
ACT Research: May Class 8 Orders Totaled 13K Units
ACT Research: Class 8 orders continue to decline
ACT April For-Hire Freight Volume Drops Amid Decreased Capacity
ACT Research Denoyer on Trucking Uncertainty: Talking Transports
Used Truck Sales Increase for Second Straight Month in April
ACT Research: Preliminary Class 8 Net Orders Improve M/M in May
ACT Research: Preliminary Class 8 Net Orders Plunged Y/Y in May
Fleet Margins Set to Shrink Again in 2025, CSCMP Finds
‘An Ominous Signal’–North American Class 8 Net Orders Drop 48% Y/Y
For-Hire Freight Volume Weak, Capacity Decreased in April
ACT: Used Class 8 Truck Prices Rise in April Despite Slower Sales
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