Manufacturing’s recovery broadens as industrial demand leads the freight upcycle

The freight downturn that defined 2023 and 2024 has decisively reversed, and the May data clarifies the mechanism behind it: industrial production, rather than consumer spending or inventory restocking, is now driving the cycle. FreightWaves identified the inflection months ago. The latest readings from the Institute for Supply Management and the Logistics Managers’ Index, corroborated […] The post Manufacturing’s recovery broadens as industrial demand leads the freight upcycle appeared...