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U.S. consumer confidence fell this month from a two-year high in January, according to the University of Michigan’s monthly consumer sentiment index released Friday.

New housing starts plunged 14.3% in January to their lowest level in 10 years, the Commerce Department said Friday.

The producer price index fell 0.6% in January, but the “core” rate rose, the Labor Department reported Friday.

A thick layer of ice kept parts of major highways closed in Pennsylvania Friday morning, a day after hundreds of drivers became stranded on a hilly stretch of Interstate 78 that was hit by this week’s big snow and ice storm, the Associated Press reported.

Manufacturing growth in New York state rebounded in February from January, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Thursday.

The price of goods imported to the United States fell 1.2% in January, the most in three months, the Labor Department said Thursday.

A time-honored axiom of business is that everything begins with a sale. It’s a truism that seems especially apt in the transportation industry. After all, motor carriers need to find freight to fill their trailers. Shippers need to find carriers to haul their commodities.

Truckload carrier Schneider National said Thursday it received a business license from the Chinese government to begin trucking and logistics operations in that country.

Manufacturing levels in the Philadelphia area fell back to a near-flat level this month following a big jump in January, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said Thursday.

U.S. retail sales were unchanged in January following a 1.2% gain in December, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.