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An independent guide to the price at the pumpData release · 30 September 2026
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The evidence behind the price

New York City: what changed?

Dated inputs, measured movements and the limits of each comparison.

Why prices changed

Gasoline / petrol

-0.008 USD/L (-0.658%)

The gasoline price moved from 1.164 on 2026-09-21 to 1.157 on 2026-09-28. The price change is measured, but its components cannot be reliably allocated.

Contribution values
Estimated accounting contributions, USD/L
ComponentChange
Unallocated change: comparable components unavailable-0.008

Left: decrease. Right: increase. Oil is valued at the earlier FX rate; currency movement uses the later oil price. The downstream residual includes unmeasured costs and timing, not just margins. Taxes can change with prices without a policy change. This is accounting, not proof of causation.

Diesel

No comparable weekly observations are available.

Reporting around these observation dates

Source headlines provide context. Their presence does not establish what caused the price movement.

Oil fell. Did the pump follow?

Gasoline / petrol

Does local crude movement line up more closely with pump changes in the same week or later? This compares weekly changes at delays of 0 to 8 weeks over up to five years, using the latest continuous publisher and currency segment.

Pump price and local-currency crude, indexed to 1002025-08-11 to 2026-09-28. Navy is pump price; teal is crude. A data table follows.047951421892025-08-112026-09-28Pump price (navy) · Crude in local currency (teal) · First paired date = 100
Relative movements, not a breakdown of pump costs. Crude is a proxy, not wholesale fuel.
Chart data and publishers (60 observations)
DatePump, USD/LCrude proxy, local / LPublisher
2025-08-110.8000.409US Energy Information Administration
2025-08-180.7940.406US Energy Information Administration
2025-08-250.7970.410US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-010.8030.405US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-080.8220.394US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-150.8190.400US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-220.8130.396US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-290.8020.404US Energy Information Administration
2025-10-060.7940.393US Energy Information Administration
2025-10-130.7870.376US Energy Information Administration
2025-10-200.7750.367US Energy Information Administration
2025-10-270.7710.391US Energy Information Administration
2025-11-030.7710.389US Energy Information Administration
2025-11-100.7790.383US Energy Information Administration
2025-11-170.7900.382US Energy Information Administration
2025-11-240.7900.372US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-010.7840.374US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-080.7710.371US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-150.7620.358US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-220.7480.366US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-290.7410.364US Energy Information Administration
2026-01-050.7360.365US Energy Information Administration
2026-01-120.7290.374US Energy Information Administration
2026-01-190.7220.374US Energy Information Administration
2026-01-260.7190.380US Energy Information Administration
2026-02-020.7360.387US Energy Information Administration
2026-02-090.7370.406US Energy Information Administration
2026-02-160.7460.397US Energy Information Administration
2026-02-230.7540.417US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-020.7570.447US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-090.8770.595US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-160.9420.587US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-231.0100.562US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-301.0130.658US Energy Information Administration
2026-04-061.0600.717US Energy Information Administration
2026-04-131.0570.634US Energy Information Administration
2026-04-201.0370.573US Energy Information Administration
2026-04-271.0810.628US Energy Information Administration
2026-05-041.1650.690US Energy Information Administration
2026-05-111.1910.639US Energy Information Administration
2026-05-181.1870.706US Energy Information Administration
2026-05-251.1730.631US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-011.1400.604US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-081.1040.598US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-151.0770.532US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-221.0370.497US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-291.0100.452US Energy Information Administration
2026-07-061.0030.438US Energy Information Administration
2026-07-131.0200.498US Energy Information Administration
2026-07-201.0610.531US Energy Information Administration
2026-07-271.0870.530US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-031.0710.516US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-101.0480.527US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-171.0430.541US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-241.0640.543US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-311.0780.547US Energy Information Administration
2026-09-071.1170.583US Energy Information Administration
2026-09-141.1540.644US Energy Information Administration
2026-09-211.1640.610US Energy Information Administration
2026-09-281.1570.606US Energy Information Administration
Correlation of weekly changes, from -1 (opposite) to +1 (together)
DelayAll changesOil increasesOil decreases
0 weeks0.57 (59 pairs)0.73 (28)0.20 (31)
1 weeks0.52 (58 pairs)0.46 (28)0.26 (30)
2 weeks0.13 (57 pairs)0.10 (28)-0.24 (29)
3 weeks-0.13 (56 pairs)-0.20 (27)-0.14 (29)
4 weeks0.22 (55 pairs)0.13 (26)-0.01 (29)
5 weeks0.10 (54 pairs)-0.04 (25)0.10 (29)
6 weeks0.00 (53 pairs)-0.32 (24)0.24 (29)
7 weeks0.10 (52 pairs)-0.15 (23)0.37 (29)
8 weeks0.23 (51 pairs)0.01 (22)0.17 (29)

At least 52 compatible weekly changes are needed; each correlation needs 12 pairs and variation in both series. Joins allow one day of reporting-date variation. Missing weeks are not filled. Each later pump change covers one week, not a cumulative response. Correlation does not measure a causal pass-through delay or prove that rises travel faster than falls. No forecast is implied. Benchmark and FX inputs are no more than 10 days old and never from a future date.

Diesel

Does local crude movement line up more closely with pump changes in the same week or later? This compares weekly changes at delays of 0 to 8 weeks over up to five years, using the latest continuous publisher and currency segment.

No compatible history is available for this chart.

No historical observations available.

At least 52 compatible weekly changes are needed; each correlation needs 12 pairs and variation in both series. Joins allow one day of reporting-date variation. Missing weeks are not filled. Each later pump change covers one week, not a cumulative response. Correlation does not measure a causal pass-through delay or prove that rises travel faster than falls. No forecast is implied. Benchmark and FX inputs are no more than 10 days old and never from a future date.

Policy dates alongside prices

Gasoline / petrol
USD per litre, with policy event dates2021-10-04 to 2026-09-28. Dashed lines mark verified policy events; they do not establish causation. A data table follows.0.000.360.711.071.422021-10-042026-09-28US Energy Information Administration · USD/L
No curated policy events fall within the displayed price history.
Chart data and publishers (261 observations)
DatePump, USD/LPublisher
2021-10-040.841US Energy Information Administration
2021-10-110.862US Energy Information Administration
2021-10-180.885US Energy Information Administration
2021-10-250.909US Energy Information Administration
2021-11-010.909US Energy Information Administration
2021-11-080.907US Energy Information Administration
2021-11-150.908US Energy Information Administration
2021-11-220.908US Energy Information Administration
2021-11-290.908US Energy Information Administration
2021-12-060.896US Energy Information Administration
2021-12-130.897US Energy Information Administration
2021-12-200.895US Energy Information Administration
2021-12-270.893US Energy Information Administration
2022-01-030.889US Energy Information Administration
2022-01-100.880US Energy Information Administration
2022-01-170.879US Energy Information Administration
2022-01-240.883US Energy Information Administration
2022-01-310.900US Energy Information Administration
2022-02-070.913US Energy Information Administration
2022-02-140.944US Energy Information Administration
2022-02-210.954US Energy Information Administration
2022-02-280.973US Energy Information Administration
2022-03-071.126US Energy Information Administration
2022-03-141.141US Energy Information Administration
2022-03-211.115US Energy Information Administration
2022-03-281.099US Energy Information Administration
2022-04-041.079US Energy Information Administration
2022-04-111.057US Energy Information Administration
2022-04-181.048US Energy Information Administration
2022-04-251.068US Energy Information Administration
2022-05-021.109US Energy Information Administration
2022-05-091.179US Energy Information Administration
2022-05-161.237US Energy Information Administration
2022-05-231.268US Energy Information Administration
2022-05-301.271US Energy Information Administration
2022-06-061.289US Energy Information Administration
2022-06-131.316US Energy Information Administration
2022-06-201.294US Energy Information Administration
2022-06-271.276US Energy Information Administration
2022-07-041.247US Energy Information Administration
2022-07-111.216US Energy Information Administration
2022-07-181.182US Energy Information Administration
2022-07-251.153US Energy Information Administration
2022-08-011.126US Energy Information Administration
2022-08-081.097US Energy Information Administration
2022-08-151.064US Energy Information Administration
2022-08-221.034US Energy Information Administration
2022-08-291.005US Energy Information Administration
2022-09-050.965US Energy Information Administration
2022-09-120.943US Energy Information Administration
2022-09-190.917US Energy Information Administration
2022-09-260.888US Energy Information Administration
2022-10-030.873US Energy Information Administration
2022-10-100.918US Energy Information Administration
2022-10-170.944US Energy Information Administration
2022-10-240.934US Energy Information Administration
2022-10-310.984US Energy Information Administration
2022-11-071.016US Energy Information Administration
2022-11-141.001US Energy Information Administration
2022-11-210.978US Energy Information Administration
2022-11-280.956US Energy Information Administration
2022-12-050.920US Energy Information Administration
2022-12-120.880US Energy Information Administration
2022-12-190.850US Energy Information Administration
2022-12-260.835US Energy Information Administration
2023-01-020.858US Energy Information Administration
2023-01-090.854US Energy Information Administration
2023-01-160.861US Energy Information Administration
2023-01-230.889US Energy Information Administration
2023-01-300.906US Energy Information Administration
2023-02-060.892US Energy Information Administration
2023-02-130.878US Energy Information Administration
2023-02-200.863US Energy Information Administration
2023-02-270.846US Energy Information Administration
2023-03-060.858US Energy Information Administration
2023-03-130.873US Energy Information Administration
2023-03-200.864US Energy Information Administration
2023-03-270.854US Energy Information Administration
2023-04-030.878US Energy Information Administration
2023-04-100.897US Energy Information Administration
2023-04-170.918US Energy Information Administration
2023-04-240.934US Energy Information Administration
2023-05-010.929US Energy Information Administration
2023-05-080.915US Energy Information Administration
2023-05-150.911US Energy Information Administration
2023-05-220.907US Energy Information Administration
2023-05-290.930US Energy Information Administration
2023-06-050.926US Energy Information Administration
2023-06-120.922US Energy Information Administration
2023-06-190.924US Energy Information Administration
2023-06-260.923US Energy Information Administration
2023-07-030.926US Energy Information Administration
2023-07-100.928US Energy Information Administration
2023-07-170.921US Energy Information Administration
2023-07-240.934US Energy Information Administration
2023-07-310.980US Energy Information Administration
2023-08-070.994US Energy Information Administration
2023-08-140.992US Energy Information Administration
2023-08-210.992US Energy Information Administration
2023-08-280.980US Energy Information Administration
2023-09-040.974US Energy Information Administration
2023-09-110.977US Energy Information Administration
2023-09-180.995US Energy Information Administration
2023-09-250.979US Energy Information Administration
2023-10-020.967US Energy Information Administration
2023-10-090.944US Energy Information Administration
2023-10-160.930US Energy Information Administration
2023-10-230.924US Energy Information Administration
2023-10-300.913US Energy Information Administration
2023-11-060.894US Energy Information Administration
2023-11-130.879US Energy Information Administration
2023-11-200.875US Energy Information Administration
2023-11-270.874US Energy Information Administration
2023-12-040.863US Energy Information Administration
2023-12-110.848US Energy Information Administration
2023-12-180.830US Energy Information Administration
2023-12-250.826US Energy Information Administration
2024-01-010.821US Energy Information Administration
2024-01-080.815US Energy Information Administration
2024-01-150.802US Energy Information Administration
2024-01-220.802US Energy Information Administration
2024-01-290.818US Energy Information Administration
2024-02-050.818US Energy Information Administration
2024-02-120.824US Energy Information Administration
2024-02-190.842US Energy Information Administration
2024-02-260.837US Energy Information Administration
2024-03-040.847US Energy Information Administration
2024-03-110.844US Energy Information Administration
2024-03-180.856US Energy Information Administration
2024-03-250.870US Energy Information Administration
2024-04-010.864US Energy Information Administration
2024-04-080.870US Energy Information Administration
2024-04-150.882US Energy Information Administration
2024-04-220.953US Energy Information Administration
2024-04-290.951US Energy Information Administration
2024-05-060.951US Energy Information Administration
2024-05-130.942US Energy Information Administration
2024-05-200.937US Energy Information Administration
2024-05-270.935US Energy Information Administration
2024-06-030.920US Energy Information Administration
2024-06-100.905US Energy Information Administration
2024-06-170.896US Energy Information Administration
2024-06-240.893US Energy Information Administration
2024-07-010.896US Energy Information Administration
2024-07-080.911US Energy Information Administration
2024-07-150.915US Energy Information Administration
2024-07-220.914US Energy Information Administration
2024-07-290.906US Energy Information Administration
2024-08-050.889US Energy Information Administration
2024-08-120.883US Energy Information Administration
2024-08-190.877US Energy Information Administration
2024-08-260.869US Energy Information Administration
2024-09-020.858US Energy Information Administration
2024-09-090.839US Energy Information Administration
2024-09-160.823US Energy Information Administration
2024-09-230.806US Energy Information Administration
2024-09-300.791US Energy Information Administration
2024-10-070.783US Energy Information Administration
2024-10-140.795US Energy Information Administration
2024-10-210.788US Energy Information Administration
2024-10-280.782US Energy Information Administration
2024-11-040.773US Energy Information Administration
2024-11-110.771US Energy Information Administration
2024-11-180.768US Energy Information Administration
2024-11-250.778US Energy Information Administration
2024-12-020.779US Energy Information Administration
2024-12-090.776US Energy Information Administration
2024-12-160.773US Energy Information Administration
2024-12-230.770US Energy Information Administration
2024-12-300.767US Energy Information Administration
2025-01-060.776US Energy Information Administration
2025-01-130.781US Energy Information Administration
2025-01-200.803US Energy Information Administration
2025-01-270.804US Energy Information Administration
2025-02-030.799US Energy Information Administration
2025-02-100.796US Energy Information Administration
2025-02-170.795US Energy Information Administration
2025-02-240.790US Energy Information Administration
2025-03-030.783US Energy Information Administration
2025-03-100.770US Energy Information Administration
2025-03-170.761US Energy Information Administration
2025-03-240.770US Energy Information Administration
2025-03-310.777US Energy Information Administration
2025-04-070.795US Energy Information Administration
2025-04-140.777US Energy Information Administration
2025-04-210.779US Energy Information Administration
2025-04-280.779US Energy Information Administration
2025-05-050.784US Energy Information Administration
2025-05-120.780US Energy Information Administration
2025-05-190.794US Energy Information Administration
2025-05-260.794US Energy Information Administration
2025-06-020.785US Energy Information Administration
2025-06-090.775US Energy Information Administration
2025-06-160.789US Energy Information Administration
2025-06-230.817US Energy Information Administration
2025-06-300.817US Energy Information Administration
2025-07-070.805US Energy Information Administration
2025-07-140.800US Energy Information Administration
2025-07-210.796US Energy Information Administration
2025-07-280.789US Energy Information Administration
2025-08-040.807US Energy Information Administration
2025-08-110.800US Energy Information Administration
2025-08-180.794US Energy Information Administration
2025-08-250.797US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-010.803US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-080.822US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-150.819US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-220.813US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-290.802US Energy Information Administration
2025-10-060.794US Energy Information Administration
2025-10-130.787US Energy Information Administration
2025-10-200.775US Energy Information Administration
2025-10-270.771US Energy Information Administration
2025-11-030.771US Energy Information Administration
2025-11-100.779US Energy Information Administration
2025-11-170.790US Energy Information Administration
2025-11-240.790US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-010.784US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-080.771US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-150.762US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-220.748US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-290.741US Energy Information Administration
2026-01-050.736US Energy Information Administration
2026-01-120.729US Energy Information Administration
2026-01-190.722US Energy Information Administration
2026-01-260.719US Energy Information Administration
2026-02-020.736US Energy Information Administration
2026-02-090.737US Energy Information Administration
2026-02-160.746US Energy Information Administration
2026-02-230.754US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-020.757US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-090.877US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-160.942US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-231.010US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-301.013US Energy Information Administration
2026-04-061.060US Energy Information Administration
2026-04-131.057US Energy Information Administration
2026-04-201.037US Energy Information Administration
2026-04-271.081US Energy Information Administration
2026-05-041.165US Energy Information Administration
2026-05-111.191US Energy Information Administration
2026-05-181.187US Energy Information Administration
2026-05-251.173US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-011.140US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-081.104US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-151.077US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-221.037US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-291.010US Energy Information Administration
2026-07-061.003US Energy Information Administration
2026-07-131.020US Energy Information Administration
2026-07-201.061US Energy Information Administration
2026-07-271.087US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-031.071US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-101.048US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-171.043US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-241.064US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-311.078US Energy Information Administration
2026-09-071.117US Energy Information Administration
2026-09-141.154US Energy Information Administration
2026-09-211.164US Energy Information Administration
2026-09-281.157US Energy Information Administration

No legal policy events have been curated for this region yet. This is not evidence that policy has been unchanged.

Event coverage is selective. Source tax-rate snapshots are not automatically treated as legal changes. Upcoming recorded tax dates · All regional tax records

Diesel

No compatible history is available for this chart.

No legal policy events have been curated for this region yet. This is not evidence that policy has been unchanged.

Event coverage is selective. Source tax-rate snapshots are not automatically treated as legal changes. Upcoming recorded tax dates · All regional tax records

Source receipts

Gasoline / petrol

Publisher: US Energy Information Administration. Observation: 2026-09-28. Last successful publisher refresh: 2026-09-30 07:39:45 UTC. Observation ingestion: 2026-09-30 07:39:44 UTC.

Original value: 4.378 USD USD/gal. Display: 1.156545 USD/L. Method: unavailable.

Crude input
WTI 96.41 USD/barrel, 2026-09-22
Display currency FX
USD_USD 1, 2026-09-28
Source currency FX
USD_USD 1, 2026-09-28
Reuse terms
US government public data

Derived method: crude = USD/barrel / 158.987 * local currency/USD; yield factor 1.0; downstream = price - taxes - crude. Currency conversion uses display FX / source FX; US gallons convert at 3.785411784 L. Missing inputs are never zero. Benchmark availability alone does not imply a complete component breakdown. Full methodology.

Download receipts and calculation inputs · Historical observations

Publication and revision history (2 saved versions)

Tracking begins with this feature’s first export. A new observation is a publication; a changed value for the same observation date is a revision. This is our publication history, not a complete publisher revision archive. At most 30 versions per fuel are shown; the canonical database retains all recorded versions.

Recorded (UTC)ObservationPrice / LVersion
2026-09-30T07:44:55.870808Z2026-09-281.156545 USD0a9b97a1e81b
2026-09-23T06:02:26Z2026-09-071.116655 USDb0bdbbe5e424
Diesel

A calculation receipt will be recorded on the next data export.

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