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Tealinc Touchbase Newsletter
2007
- December 2007 - Spring Wheat Market Shows Volatility, Not Excitement
- BNSF Winter Open Top Loading Rules Effective December 1
- Investment on U.S. Railroads Speculated To Come To A Halt If Congress Decides To Re-Regulate The Industry
- Federal Reserve Battles Recession Fears; Optimists Forecast Federal Funds Rate Close To 3.75 Percent By Summer
- November 2007 - As World Corn Prices Rise, So Too Do Those Of Wheat and Rice
- Changes To BNSF Intermodal Storage Policy Effective November 5, 2007
- 2007 Freight Carload Traffic Down From 2006; Considerable Long Term Growth Predicted
- Citing Turmoil In The Housing Market, Feds Lower Funds Rate to 4.5 Percent; Dollar Hits New Low
- October 2007 - Cement and Steel Companies Could See Demand Improve Over The Next Couple Years
- CSXI's Fuel Surcharge To Rise; UP's To Hold Steady In October
- Coke, Grain and Chemicals Carloads Up; Metallic Ore, Pulp and Paper Products, Metal and Metal Products Down
- Fed's Lower Interest Rates to 4.75 Percent; Another Quarter Point Cut Expected During October 31 Meeting
- September 2007 - Slower Lumber Market Conditions Predicted in 2008
- States Say "No" to Re-Regulating Rail Industry
- STB Will Order Independent Study of Rail Competition
- Most Investors Still Expect The Feds Will Cut the Federal Funds Rate During September 18 Meeting
- August 2007 - USDA Reports That Current Crop Conditions Still Point Towards Large 2007 Corn, Soybean & Cotton Crops
- ASLRRA Rallies Support From Politicians and Shippers for Tax-Credit Extension Bill
- U.S. Freight Railroad Carload Traffic Down 2.7 Percent in June; 2007 Expected to be Second Highest Year for U.S. Intermodal Traffic in History
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- July 2007 - Portland Cement Association Expects Single-Family Building Slump to Continue Into 2008
- CN Introduces "Weekend Loading Advantage Program" Intended To Help Western Canadian Grain Elevator Operators
- 2007 Estimated Rail Volume Totaled 789.4 Billion Ton-Miles, Representing a Three Percent Year-Over-Year Decline
- As Signs of a Stronger Economy Have Increased, The Possibility of a Fed Rate Cut In Coming Months Has Faded
- June 2007 - USDA Reports Corn Planting Largest In 63 Years; Experts Say Increase Driven By Ethanol Production
- U.S. Lagging When It Comes to Transportation Investment
- Freight Carloads of Chemicals and Petroleum Products Up; Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel, Metals and Metal Products Down
- Federal Reserve Keeps Funds Rate at 5.25 Percent; Investors See No Rate Hikes Ahead
- May 2007 - Global Demand For Steel Puts Price At A Premium
- UP, NS Teaming Up To Speed Eastbound Intermodal Trains From Los Angeles To The Southeast
- Shippers, Carriers Addressing Necessary Infrastructure Improvements To Accommodate Projected 40 To 70 Percent Rail Volume Growth
- Economy Likely To "Pick Up Steam"
- April 2007 - Housing Slowdown Making 2007 a Harder Year for Cement
- UP Lifts Coal Embargo
- Snow, Ice and GDP Blamed in February Freight Traffic
- Fed Keeps Rates at 5.25 Percent; Says That Recent Economic Indicators "Have Been Mixed"
- March 2007 - Newsprint Consumption Down 24.2 Percent Since 1999; Prices Steadily Dropping
- Tentative Settlement Reached More Than Two Weeks After CN Workers Began Strike
- Bernanke Says Financial Markets "Working Well"; Speculators Say Futures Show Fed Closer to Cutting Interest Rates
- Freight Car Trends: Managing Infrastructure To Help Create Efficiencies For The Railroads
- February 2007 - Early Estimates Show Domestic Sand & Gravel Production and Consumption To Increase in 2007
- BNSF Announces That It Will Divest Its Woodchip Gondola Fleet
- U.S. Freight Railroads Complete Another Record Breaking Year; Freight Volume Up 2.5 Percent in 2006
- Federal Funds Rate Sit Steady at 5.25 Percent
- January 2007 - 2006 Falling Lumber Prices Due to Rising Mortgage Rates & Slower Housing Demand
- The BNSF and CSX Seamless Intermodal Doublestack Corridor Set to Begin Service February of 2007
- Rail Ton-Mileage Sets Ninth Consecutive Annual Record
- Odds of 2007 Recession Likely; Many Economists Speculate That The Central Bank May Cut Rates In 2007
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