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In the latest of scary figures I have been linking to https://www.trunews.com/truck-orders-crash-baltic-dry-index-continues-to-slide/ better hope those gun sales keep on going up Matt.
"FTR estimated that orders for the heavy trucks that move goods around America's highways totaled 18,062 units in January. This follows on from a full-year decline in 2015 of nearly 25 percent to 284,000 units from 276,000."
Obama has been the best gun salesman since Clinton.
ReplyDeleteBut if a Republican wins in 2016, the gun industry will fall on hard times. It's been boom or bust, I would prefer stability.
In the latest of scary figures I have been linking to https://www.trunews.com/truck-orders-crash-baltic-dry-index-continues-to-slide/ better hope those gun sales keep on going up Matt.
ReplyDeleteAnd another http://wolfstreet.com/2016/02/03/restaurant-industry-suddenly-tanks-worst-plunge-since-the-beginning-of-the-financial-crisis/
ReplyDeleteAndy,
ReplyDelete"FTR estimated that orders for the heavy trucks that move goods around America's highways totaled 18,062 units in January. This follows on from a full-year decline in 2015 of nearly 25 percent to 284,000 units from 276,000."
284 < 276 ?
Might check it... could be a typo... or ?????
Lol didn't notice that, wrong way round I think but will try to source it elsewhere.
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