--- title: FTR | Ask the Experts | trucking (2) description: trucking | FTR's experts in freight transportation answer questions asked by industry professionals. Real questions that your peers and colleagues are asking that reflect the current state of the industry. 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[Read More](https://ask.ftrintel.com/jobs-dec-21) Tags: [Economy](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/economy), [trucking](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/trucking), [jobs](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/jobs), [outlook](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/outlook), [transportation](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/transportation), [economic](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/economic), [consumer](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/consumer) ## [What is the outlook for the GDP and GDP Goods Transport?](https://ask.ftrintel.com/gdp-dec-21) Posted by [Avery Vise, VP of Trucking](https://ask.ftrintel.com/author/avery-vise) on Dec 15, 2021 3:15:39 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://ask.ftrintel.com/hubfs/Ask%20the%20Experts/AskTheExperts_economy.png) ](https://ask.ftrintel.com/gdp-dec-21) Avery Vise discusses the outlook for GDP and Goods Transport. [Read More](https://ask.ftrintel.com/gdp-dec-21) Tags: [Economy](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/economy), [trucking](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/trucking), [GDP](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/gdp), [outlook](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/outlook), [transportation](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/transportation), [GDP Goods Transport](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/gdp-goods-transport), [economic](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/economic), [consumer](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/consumer) ## [What is the state of the consumer and industrial sectors?](https://ask.ftrintel.com/sectors-dec-21) Posted by [Avery Vise, VP of Trucking](https://ask.ftrintel.com/author/avery-vise) on Dec 14, 2021 1:13:27 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://ask.ftrintel.com/hubfs/Ask%20the%20Experts/AskTheExperts_economy.png) ](https://ask.ftrintel.com/sectors-dec-21) Avery Vise gives an economic update on the consumer and industrial sectors. [Read More](https://ask.ftrintel.com/sectors-dec-21) Tags: [Economy](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/economy), [trucking](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/trucking), [outlook](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/outlook), [transportation](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/transportation), [economic](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/economic), [consumer](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/consumer) ## [What is the state of labor?](https://ask.ftrintel.com/labor-dec-21) Posted by [Avery Vise, VP of Trucking](https://ask.ftrintel.com/author/avery-vise) on Dec 2, 2021 10:58:07 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://ask.ftrintel.com/hubfs/Ask%20the%20Experts/AskTheExperts_economy.png) ](https://ask.ftrintel.com/labor-dec-21) Avery Vise discusses labor and the effects of the "Great Resignation." [Read More](https://ask.ftrintel.com/labor-dec-21) Tags: [Economy](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/economy), [trucking](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/trucking), [outlook](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/outlook), [transportation](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/transportation), [industrial sector](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/industrial-sector), [economic](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/economic), [consumer](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/consumer), [labor](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/labor) ## [What is the state of the industrial sector?](https://ask.ftrintel.com/indsec-nov-21) Posted by [Avery Vise, VP of Trucking](https://ask.ftrintel.com/author/avery-vise) on Dec 1, 2021 1:14:28 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://ask.ftrintel.com/hubfs/Ask%20the%20Experts/AskTheExperts_economy.png) ](https://ask.ftrintel.com/indsec-nov-21) Avery Vise switches gears and discusses the industrial sector. [Read More](https://ask.ftrintel.com/indsec-nov-21) Tags: [Economy](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/economy), [trucking](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/trucking), [outlook](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/outlook), [transportation](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/transportation), [industrial sector](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/industrial-sector), [economic](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/economic), [consumer](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/consumer) ## [What is the state of the consumer sector?](https://ask.ftrintel.com/consumersec-nov-21) Posted by [Avery Vise, VP of Trucking](https://ask.ftrintel.com/author/avery-vise) on Nov 29, 2021 4:34:41 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://ask.ftrintel.com/hubfs/Ask%20the%20Experts/AskTheExperts_economy.png) ](https://ask.ftrintel.com/consumersec-nov-21) Avery Vise discusses the consumer sector and the retail inventories-to-sales ratio. [Read More](https://ask.ftrintel.com/consumersec-nov-21) Tags: [Economy](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/economy), [trucking](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/trucking), [outlook](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/outlook), [transportation](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/transportation), [economic](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/economic), [consumer](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/consumer) ## [Could we see a price drop in other raw materials like we saw with lumber?](https://ask.ftrintel.com/raw-materials-inflation) Posted by [The FTR Experts](https://ask.ftrintel.com/author/experts) on Nov 4, 2021 12:41:03 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://ask.ftrintel.com/hubfs/Ask%20the%20Experts/AskTheExperts_trucking.png) ](https://ask.ftrintel.com/raw-materials-inflation) **Eric Starks, Avery Vise and Todd Tranausky field a question about the price of raw materials during FTR's October State of Freight webinar.** [Read More](https://ask.ftrintel.com/raw-materials-inflation) Tags: [trucking](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/trucking), [inflation](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/inflation), [fuel](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/fuel), [steel](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/steel), [transportation](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/transportation), [state of freight](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/state-of-freight), [raw materials](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/raw-materials), [lumber](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/lumber) ## [What is the current state of driver employment?](https://ask.ftrintel.com/driver-employment-21) Posted by [Avery Vise, VP of Trucking](https://ask.ftrintel.com/author/avery-vise) on Nov 3, 2021 12:25:45 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://ask.ftrintel.com/hubfs/Ask%20the%20Experts/AskTheExperts_trucking.png) ](https://ask.ftrintel.com/driver-employment-21) **Avery Vise gives an update on for-hire trucking jobs and driver hiring activity.** [Read More](https://ask.ftrintel.com/driver-employment-21) Tags: [Economy](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/economy), [trucking](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/trucking), [employment](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/employment), [driver shortage](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/driver-shortage), [transportation](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/transportation), [state of freight](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/state-of-freight), [driver supply](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/driver-supply), [driver demand](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/driver-demand) ## [What is the current state of truck utilization?](https://ask.ftrintel.com/utilization-oct-21) Posted by [Avery Vise, VP of Trucking](https://ask.ftrintel.com/author/avery-vise) on Nov 2, 2021 2:07:22 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://ask.ftrintel.com/hubfs/Ask%20the%20Experts/AskTheExperts_trucking.png) ](https://ask.ftrintel.com/utilization-oct-21) **Avery Vise explains active truck utilization and gives an update on where things currently stand.** [Read More](https://ask.ftrintel.com/utilization-oct-21) Tags: [Economy](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/economy), [trucking](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/trucking), [active utilization](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/active-utilization), [driver shortage](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/driver-shortage), [transportation](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/transportation), [state of freight](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/state-of-freight), [driver supply](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/driver-supply), [driver demand](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/driver-demand) ## [What is the current state of the trucking spot market?](https://ask.ftrintel.com/trucking-spot-market-october) Posted by [Avery Vise, VP of Trucking](https://ask.ftrintel.com/author/avery-vise) on Nov 1, 2021 12:20:15 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://ask.ftrintel.com/hubfs/Ask%20the%20Experts/AskTheExperts_trucking.png) ](https://ask.ftrintel.com/trucking-spot-market-october) **Avery Vise discusses developments in different segments of trucking spot metrics. ** [Read More](https://ask.ftrintel.com/trucking-spot-market-october) Tags: [Economy](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/economy), [trucking](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/trucking), [spot market](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/spot-market), [transportation](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/transportation), [flatbed](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/flatbed), [state of freight](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/state-of-freight), [dry van](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/dry-van), [refrigerated](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/refrigerated) [Previous](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/trucking/page/1) [All posts](https://ask.ftrintel.com/all) [Next](https://ask.ftrintel.com/tag/trucking/page/3)   ---   ### Submit a question: You **ask**. 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