Viewing COVID-19 hit to US freight volumes through Great Recession lens

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Viewing COVID-19 hit to US freight volumes through Great Recession lens

Lawrence Gross, president, Gross Transportation Consulting | Mar 17, 2020 3:07PM EDT
Although the economy had a fairly good head of steam coming into the crisis, its heavy reliance on the consumer will make it particularly vulnerable to the pullback in consumer spending that will result from the changes wrought by the coronavirus.
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