What Trucking Shows About a Split Economy | Craig Fuller

Trucks hauling steel and other heavy materials for large industrial projects are in demand, while the everyday goods people buy are moving in smaller volumes. For many households, the economy already feels a little off. What is this pattern saying that the usual numbers might miss?

Spending figures and shipment volumes measure different things. What consumers spend does not, on its own, show how much they are buying.

Craig Fuller, founder and CEO of FreightWaves, has spent his entire life around the trucking industry. His company tracks how goods move and what it costs to move them. He joins us to explain what falling grocery volumes are signaling about American consumers.

Views expressed in this video are the opinions of the host and the guest and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.