https://www.cassinfo.com/freight-audit-payment/cass-transportation-indexes/cass-freight-index?__hstc=106299868.f27a29a466c697c28d61f4e77c4efe80.1552058158644.1552058158644.1552058158644.1&__hssc=106299868.1.1552058158644&__hsfp=2536105707

i notice here that 2018 is higher than 2017,  but the index is declining since last summer.  

this decline would coincide with downward revisions in some economic figures.  

i also notice that the index is coming down while expenditures are going up.  (inflation).