Heavy truck sales really collapsed during the recession, falling to a low of 181 thousand in April and May 2009, on a seasonally adjusted annual rate basis (SAAR). Then sales increased more than 2 1/2 times, and hit 479 thousand SAAR in June 2015.
Heavy truck sales have since declined - probably mostly due to the weakness in the oil sector - and were at 331 thousand SAAR in August.
Even with the recent oil related decline, heavy truck sales are only about 10% below the average (and median) of the last 20 years.
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from
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CalculatedRisk/~3/myTCJlBDMu8/update-us-heavy-truck-sales-slump.html
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