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Economics, employment, and finance

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Record Breaking Increases in Motor Fuel Prices in 2022

From January to June 2022, the price of regular motor gasoline rose 49% and the price of diesel fuel rose slightly more at 55%. Fuel prices have risen since declining in early 2020 during the economic recession and the period when many states adopted stay-at-home orders in response to COVID-19 (...

First Quarter 2022 Average Air Fare Increases 16.9% from First Quarter 2021

The average U.S. domestic air fare decreased in the first quarter of 2022 to $328, down 1.8% from the fourth quarter 2021 inflation-adjusted fare of $335.  Adjusted for inflation (constant 2022 dollars), the average 1Q 2022 air fare was down 11.1% from $370 in the same quarter of 2020 and down 16.6...

2022 1st Quarter U.S. Airline Financial Data

U.S. airline financial reports are filed quarterly with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). See the tables that accompany this release on the BTS website for additional first-quarter (Tables 1-6) financial results.