The price of diesel fuel in the U.S. increased again, capping off a rally in fuel prices that began more than a month ago, according to the latest numbers from the Energy Department.
by Staff
January 3, 2017
2 min to read
Source: EIA
The price of diesel fuel in the U.S. increased again last week, capping off a rally in fuel prices that began more than a month ago, according to the latest numbers from the Energy Department.
The average price of on-highway diesel fuel jumped 4.6 cents last week, hitting $2.586 per gallon at the pump. As the streak of price increases continues, diesel fuel is now 37.5 cents more expensive than it was in the same week of the previous year.
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Prices increased in all major regions of the country with the largest spike hitting the Central Atlantic at 8.9 cents per gallon. The smallest amount of change was a 1.9-cent increase in the Rocky Mountain region.
The price of regular gasoline was also up last week, increasing 6.8 cents to an average of $2.377 per gallon at the pump. Regular gasoline is now nearly 35 cents more expensive than it was in the final week of 2015.
The largest increase in gas prices was in the Central Atlantic region with an 8-cent per gallon increase. The smallest increase was on the West Coast where prices still jumped 5.9 cents for the week.
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