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Index of Railroad Fuel Prices

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Index of Railroad Fuel Prices

(monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

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The price data, which include federal excise taxes, transportation, and handling expenses, represent the average monthly price for fuels purchased by freight railroads during each month.

Index of Railroad Fuel Prices Jul-06 Jul-07
Index of Railroad Fuel Prices 442.6 447.3
Percent change from same month previous year 28.63 1.06

NOTES: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.

SOURCE: Association of American Railroads, Monthly Railroad Fuel Price Indexes, available at http://www.aar.org/, as of August 2007.