Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika LMI Logistics Managers Index

The Logistics Manager’s Index in the US rose to 59.6 in January 2026, the highest in seven months, from 54.2 in December. The reading pointed to a faster rate of expansion in the logistics sector largely due to a shift back towards milder restocking to start the year. Inventory levels rebounded from contraction (+18.8 to 53.9) although the increase is relatively mild compared to what we often see in January when firms are engaged in restocking. This suggests that respondents kept with their future predictions from last year and running inventories relatively lean to start the year. This is possibly reflective of the continued high costs, with inventory costs increasing (+8.4 to 71.3). Meanwhile, warehousing capacity dropped (-11.2 to 50) and warehousing utilization bounced back from contraction (+11.6 to 54.4). Transportation is still tight (+10.9 to 47.1) which led to another increase in transportation prices (+4.8 to 71.4), the most since April 2022.