Average gas prices--May 4, 2009

Fuel prices head in opposite directions this week, compared against the week before, with gasoline increasing in all regions and diesel dropping nationwide. The national gasoline average is now about a $1.54 below the price this time last year. Diesel fuel is now $1.96 below this time last year—and getting close to matching the current gasoline price.

National retail fuel price averages

Price

Change from last week

Regular gasoline/gallon	$2.08	↑.03
Diesel fuel/gallon	$2.19	↓.02

Regional regular gasoline prices

Price

Change from last week

East Coast	$2.05	↑ .01
-New England	$2.09	↑ .03
-Central Atlantic	$2.08	↑ .03
-Lower Atlantic	$2.01	0
Midwest	$2.05	↑ .06
Gulf Coast	$1.96	↑ .01
Rocky Mountain	$2.09	↑ .02
West Coast	$2.29	↑ .02
-California	$2.36	↑ .02

Source: Energy Information Administration, 5/4/09. Figures rounded to the nearest cent.

For more information on saving fuel see our reports on how to get the best gas mileage and where to find the cheapest gas.

Comments

[Cale]

Tentative signs of an economic recovery lending support to a recovery of gas prices? Why does it have to be both and not one without the other?