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Podcast: What’s up with rates?

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James Jaillet
Oct 17, 2015
Updated Oct 20, 2015
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DAT Solutions’ Mark Montague talks with Overdrive News Editor James Jaillet about recent rate trends, where he sees rates headed next year and more.

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