Un indicador rápido, fiable y real de la economia USA

Alvin Red

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De los muchos indicadores sobre la marcha de la economía USA; indices de manufacturas, confianza del consumidor, ECRI, etc.. prefiero quedarme con uno que no tiene ni el nombre de indicador, es el volumen de trafico de mercancías por ferrocarril en USA.

Rápido, sencillo y real.



Cada mes la asociación de ferrocarriles americana emite su informe mensual con interesantes gráficas.
Association of American Railroads- Report Mensual.

También ofrece un resumen semanal
Association of American Railroads- Report semanal

Como muestra, parte del último.
Association of American Railroads- Feb. 20, 2010

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For the week ending Feb. 20, 2010, U.S. railroads originated 273,999 carloads, down 1.6 percent compared with the same week in 2009, and down 15.3 percent from 2008. In order to offer a complete picture of the progress in rail traffic, AAR now reports 2010 weekly rail traffic with comparison weeks in both 2009 and 2008.

Intermodal traffic, however, was up sharply in comparison with last year, although still down from 2008. Volume of 200,204 trailers and containers was up 19 percent from last year, but down 11.1 percent compared with 2008. Compared with the same week in 2009, container volume increased 24.9 percent and trailer volume fell 5.6 percent. Compared with the same week in 2008, container volume decreased 4.3 percent and trailer volume dropped 36.1 percent. The comparison week from last year was affected by the Chinese New Year, which has a significant impact on container volume.
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Association of American Railroads
 
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