Truckers are back, a good sign for economic recovery

Oct 14, 2020 at 04:19 PM CST
During the early months of the pandemic, when it seemed the whole world had shut down, truckers were still on the road, hauling essentials across the country—even as trucking businesses writ large faced the sector’s collapse. But these days, they are busier than ever. And that bodes well for recovery because trucking is one of the most sensitive sectors to economic change, and, according to Crain’s New York, tracks GDP closer than any other indicator. But what’s inside their trailers has changed.

Oct 14, 2020 at 04:19 PM CST

During the early months of the pandemic, when it seemed the whole world had shut down, truckers were still on the road, hauling essentials across the country—even as trucking businesses writ large faced the sector’s collapse. But these days, they are busier than ever. And that bodes well for recovery because trucking is one of the most sensitive sectors to economic change, and, according to Crain’s New York, tracks GDP closer than any other indicator. But what’s inside their trailers has changed.