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Rick and Susan Held of Held & Associates receiving the “E” Award for Export Service from Secretary Blank.
 
22 May 2013
Rebecca Blank, U.S. acting secretary of commerce, has honored 57 U.S. companies and organizations that export goods or services at the 2013 President’s “E” Awards ceremony...
U.S. diesel prices through May 20, 2013. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
 
21 May 2013
U.S. diesel prices saw slight increases in the week ending May 20, the second week of rising prices after a 10-week slump, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
U.S. Industrial Production Index. Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
 
16 May 2013
The U.S. Industrial Production Index was down 0.5 percent month-to-month in April 2013, the largest decline since August 2012, according to the latest retail report from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
 
16 May 2013
U.S. manufacturing and agricultural exports to Colombia are on the rise, as the trade agreement between the two nations reaches its one-year mark, according to Acting U.S. Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis.
 
14 May 2013
Import volume at the U.S.’s major retail container ports is expected to rise 3.3 percent in May compared with the same month last year, but growth could slow to a standstill by the end of the summer...
 
14 May 2013
FTR Associates’ Shippers Conditions Index for March improved from February’s negative 9.5 reading to a current reading of negative 7.3, indicating a slightly better but still negative environment for shippers.
U.S. diesel prices through May 13, 2013. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
 
14 May 2013
U.S. diesel prices rose in the week ending May 13, ending a 10-week decline, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Retail and Food Service Sales through April 2013. Source: U.S. Census Bureau
 
13 May 2013
U.S. retail and food service sales inched up 0.1 percent in April 2013 to $419 billion, according to the latest retail report from the Census Bureau.
 
10 May 2013
FTR Associates’ Trucking Conditions Index for March, published in the May 2013 Trucking Update, reflected improvement in an already favorable environment for trucking...
JOC-ECRI Industrial Price Index, week of May 10, 2013. Source: Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI)
 
10 May 2013
A closely watched indicator of inflation saw its fourth straight week-to-week decline, posting its lowest index of 2013.