{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "identifier": "freighttotals-fci-2026-04",
  "name": "Freight Cost Index",
  "short_name": "FCI",
  "description": "A monthly composite of published US diesel, truckload, less-than-truckload, and transportation wage series.",
  "period": "2026-04",
  "base_period": "2026-01",
  "base_value": 100,
  "value": 125.82,
  "month_over_month_change": 4.21,
  "change_from_base": 25.82,
  "published_at": "2026-08-15T19:17:12.935Z",
  "degraded": false,
  "missing_weight": 0,
  "missing_components": [],
  "degradation_notice": null,
  "revision_note": null,
  "source_revisions": [],
  "formula": "40% × US on-highway diesel retail price + 30% × General freight trucking, long-distance less than truckload + 15% × General freight trucking, truckload + 15% × Transportation and warehousing average hourly earnings",
  "components": {
    "diesel": {
      "label": "US on-highway diesel retail price",
      "series_id": "GASDESW",
      "source": "fred-download",
      "configured_weight": 0.4,
      "effective_weight": 0.4,
      "base_value": 3.624,
      "current_value": 5.351,
      "normalized_value": 147.655
    },
    "ltl": {
      "label": "General freight trucking, long-distance less than truckload",
      "series_id": "PCU4841224841221",
      "source": "bls-api",
      "configured_weight": 0.3,
      "effective_weight": 0.3,
      "base_value": 456.312,
      "current_value": 524.336,
      "normalized_value": 114.907
    },
    "truckload": {
      "label": "General freight trucking, truckload",
      "series_id": "PCU4841214841212",
      "source": "bls-api",
      "configured_weight": 0.15,
      "effective_weight": 0.15,
      "base_value": 171.294,
      "current_value": 196.681,
      "normalized_value": 114.821
    },
    "truck-wage": {
      "label": "Transportation and warehousing average hourly earnings",
      "series_id": "CES4300000003",
      "source": "bls-api",
      "configured_weight": 0.15,
      "effective_weight": 0.15,
      "base_value": 32.25,
      "current_value": 32.38,
      "normalized_value": 100.403
    }
  },
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}