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US surface transport numbers for September – both for truck and intermodal traffic – show gains that point to a continuing recovery of the economy.

And this picture is reinforced by a rise in the CASS Freight Index for last month and by gains in retail sales.

The shipment count of the CASS index, widely viewed as one of the more accurate barometers of the US freight market, climbed 7.1% from August to end up 1.8% below its level of September 2019.

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