The long road to recovery

This week's FreightWaves Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 40 (Shippers) Last week's FreightWaves Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 35 (Shippers) Three-month FreightWaves Supply Chain Pricing Power Index Outlook: 40 (Shippers) The FreightWaves Supply Chain Pricing Power Index uses the analytics and data in FreightWaves SONAR to analyze the market and estimate the negotiating power for rates between shippers and carriers. This week's Pricing Power Index is based on the following indicators: A booming 'quiet season' By most metrics, freight markets are showing clear signs of a lasting recovery. Since the nature of this recovery tends to stoke controversy among industry…