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Gas price, regular
Gas price, regular is up 32.3% from a year ago and has been rising over the last 3 months. That is high by historical standards: higher than 85% of readings since 2006.
Latest (vs. a year ago)
32.3%
Latest level
$4.00 per gallon
As of
Nov 9, 2026
3-month change
+4.75 % pts
1-year change
+35 % pts
20-year percentile
85th
20-year median
1.1%
What it is. Average pump price per gallon. A higher reading means more inflation pressure in the Inflation reading. Shown as the change from a year earlier.
What it affects next
Gas price, regular is rising: 32.3% (+4.75 % pts in 3 months, 85th percentile of the last 20 years). Here is what has tended to follow, based on links the data backs up.
- →CPI, all items: has tended to rise in the same month. Following
What is driving it
None of its tested drivers is moving much right now.
All tested links
Energy is a direct, volatile part of CPI. Typical lag: same month. Strongest match in the same period (correlation 0.72, 369 observations since 1996).
Source: EIA via FRED (series GASREGW).