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Motor Fuel Prices: Retail Diesel Prices

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Motor Fuel Prices: Retail Diesel Prices

Weekly data, not seasonally adjusted

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Motor fuel prices are an important cost component of highway transportation. Changes in motor fuel prices impact the behavior of both producers and consumers, and affect the demand for transportation in terms of level and modal mix. In the United States, motor gasoline prices follow world crude oil prices more closely than motor diesel prices. Changes in motor fuel prices affect the profit margin of motor carriers, particularly trucking firms.

Retail On-Highway Diesel Prices 27-Oct-08 3-Nov-08
Retail on-highway diesel prices (Current dollars per gallon) 3.29 3.09
Percent change from previous week -5.57 -6.08

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Weekly On-Highway Diesel Prices, available at http://eia.doe.gov/ as of November 2008.