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-August 13 , 2010
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Toyota's Lean Beating Unjustified? More Rail Cars out of Mothballs; S&OP Continues to Go Global; Trade Deficit, or Total Trade Volume?
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143,000
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Number of rail cars that have been pulled out of storage since last summer, when the rail freight recovery began. July marked the 13th straight month of a positive change in the number of rail cars being put into service, with the number of idle cars down to 23.4% of the total, according to the Association of American Railroads. That is still well above levels seen before the recession, however.
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$350.8 billion
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The total volume of US global trade (imports and exports) in June, according to data released this week by the US Bureau of Economic Analysis. Many observers are focusing on the rise in the total trade deficit to $49.9 billion, its highest level since September 2008, as a negative. But it may be smarter to focus on the total volume of global trade, which at $350.8 billion is an amazing 42.6% above the April 2009 low of $246 billion.
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