# Diesel prices main trucking conditions headwind: FTR - Truck News

> FTR's Trucking Conditions Index read 7.75 in October, its weakest level since July 2020, as rising diesel prices weighed on conditions. FTR expects the index to stay solidly positive into 2022 now that fuel prices have stabilized.

- Date: 2021-12-13 · published 2021-12-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/43804-diesel-prices-main-trucking-conditions-headwind-ftr-truck-news
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

Stabilized diesel prices and firm freight rates point to steady trucking costs for feed delivery, with carrier capacity still tight.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2017-02-06 | [Diesel Prices Fall, But Just Barely \| Heavy Duty Trucking](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72660-diesel-prices-fall-but-just-barely-heavy-duty-trucking.md) | -0.0% | -3.6% |
| DIESEL | 2023-02-16 | [Carriers' conditions improved in December with falling diesel prices \| Commercial Carrier Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37504-carriers-conditions-improved-in-december-with-falling-diesel-prices-commercial.md) | -4.8% | -6.1% |
| DIESEL | 2022-11-03 | [EIA: What's Behind the Rapid Increases in Diesel Prices? - Fuels Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7919-eia-what-s-behind-the-rapid-increases-in-diesel-prices-fuels-market-news.md) | +7.6% | -14.4% |
| DIESEL | 2018-01-09 | [Diesel, Gasoline Prices Expected to Jump Less This Year \| Heavy Duty Trucking](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67182-diesel-gasoline-prices-expected-to-jump-less-this-year-heavy-duty-trucking.md) | +0.8% | -2.8% |
| DIESEL | 2018-05-09 | [Energy Department Raises Diesel, Gasoline Price Forecasts \| Heavy Duty Trucking](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65186-energy-department-raises-diesel-gasoline-price-forecasts-heavy-duty-trucking.md) | +3.9% | -1.8% |

## Sources

- trucknews.com: https://www.trucknews.com/business-management/diesel-prices-main-trucking-conditions-headwind-ftr/1003155793/

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