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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?
August 2025 Coverage
- 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: Freight Market Air Pockets Ahead?
Previous Month's Coverage
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
ACT Research: Used truck prices rise again in April
April Used Truck Sales Surge, Defying Expectations
Trailer Orders Tumble in April as ACT Research Cites Seasonal Slowdown and Market Headwinds
Used truck prices rise in April, analysts say
ACT: April Pricing Index decline the third largest in survey history
ACT Research shows April truck order decline
Drivers: Buying a truck means buying a business — make it pay
Trailer Orders Fall 32% Year Over Year in April
ACT: U.S. trailer orders down 57% from March
ECONOMIC TRUCKING TRENDS: Spot market shows signs of weakness
ACT Research: April Class 8 orders down 48%
Truck Orders Plunge to Pandemic-Era Lows as Freight Industry Faces Mounting Pressure
U.S. Trailer Orders Drop Sharply in April, Falling 57% from March
ACT Research: April Class 8 orders down 48%
ACT: Preliminary net trailer orders in April drop as seasonally expected
Trailer Orders Tumble in April as ACT Research Cites Seasonal Slowdown and Market Headwinds
Used Truck Retail Sales Jump 8.6% in April, Defying Seasonal Trends
Used Truck Market Accelerates in April, ACT Research
ACT: Used truck market accelerates in April
ACT: Economic Uncertainty Drives Down Class 8 Truck Orders
ACT Research: Economic and Policy Uncertainty Risk Cloud CV Market Outlook
ACT releases report on Mexican trailer market
Commercial vehicle market outlook weakens further
For-Hire Freight Capacity Rises in March as Tariff Concerns Shift Balance
ACT sees growing concern for freight carriers
ACT: Economic and policy uncertainty cloud CV market outlook
Food Truck Festival downtown Cbus tonight, if you're not in the mood to cook!
April Class 8 Orders see Pandemic-Level Low: ACT Research
U.S. Trailer Order Surge Seen in March – ACT Research Report
Heavy truck orders in North America fell sharply in April - ACT Research (update)
Used Class 8 Truck Sales Rise in March as Prices Slip
U.S. Used Truck Market Sees 28% Sales Surge in March
ACT: Class 8 Truck Orders Fall to Pandemic-Era Low in April
Heavy truck orders in North America fell sharply in April - ACT Research (update)
Orders for heavy trucks in North America fell sharply in April - ACT Research
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