Market Demand Index (MDI)

Total MDI: Up 3.9 points from the previous week The MDI is a measure of relative truck demand in the spot market. It compares load availability to truck availability. The MDI for Total equipment increased 3.9 points in the latest week to 42.7, an increase of 10.0%. Compared to last year, the MDI is up

Total MDI: Down 1.9 points from the previous week The MDI is a measure of relative truck demand in the spot market. It compares load availability to truck availability. The MDI for Total equipment decreased 1.9 points in the latest week to 35.3, a decrease of 5.1%. Compared to last year the MDI is up

Total MDI: Down 0.1 points from the previous week The MDI is a measure of relative truck demand in the spot market. It compares load availability to truck availability. The MDI for Total equipment decreased 0.1 points in the latest week to 26.7, a decrease of 0.5%.  Compared to last year the MDI is up

Truckstop.com’s Market Demand Index saw a steady rise through the nine-week period from Feb. 8 through April 11. After a rocky start to 2016, the MDI slipped to 8.30 on Feb. 8, but rebounded over the nine-week period to 15.00 on April 4 before dropping back to 13.99 on the final week of April 11.

Truckstop.com’s Market Demand Index took a strong hit in the final five weeks of the period from Dec. 7 through Feb. 8, as shown in Truckstop.com’s weekly Trans4Cast newsletter. The MDI came in at 10.87 Dec. 7 and surged to 14.59 in the Jan. 4 newsletter, but then plummeted over the next five weeks to