Key Currency Exchange Rates for Friday, 12/8/23

American Dollar to Canadian Dollar = 0.809339; American Dollar to Chinese Yuan = 0.155448; American Dollar to Euro = 1.160320; American Dollar to Japanese Yen = 0.008746; American Dollar to Mexican Peso = 0.048647.

American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 1.1% in October after declining 1.1% in September. In October, the index equaled 115.2 (2015=100) compared with 113.9 in September. Compared with October 2022, the SA index fell 2.1%, which was the eighth straight year-over-year decrease. In September, the index was down 4.1% from a year earlier. The not seasonally adjusted index, which represents the change in tonnage actually hauled by the fleets before any seasonal adjustment, equaled 119.7 in October, 6.3% above the September level (112.5). In calculating the index, 100 represents 2015. ATA’s For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index is dominated by contract freight as opposed to spot market freight.

National Average Price for Regular Unleaded Current: $3.460; Month Ago: $3.619; Year Ago: $3.592. National Average Price for Diesel Current: $3.789; Month Ago: $3.926; Year Ago: $3.909.