US Household PulseThe United States economy,
from the household inward
4 series not refreshed · updated Nov 2, 2026 Methodology
CPI 3.7%Unemployment 4.2%30Y mortgage 7.24%Saving 3.8¢ per $1Debt service 11.11%Fed funds 3.88%10Y Treasury 4.98%U.S. debt $40.594TDebt / household $301,162Household pressure 43.2

What does a gallon of gas cost?

Gas prices

U.S. average retail price of regular gasoline, all formulations, in dollars per gallon, surveyed weekly by the Energy Information Administration.

$4.27
Dollars per gallon, Oct 26, 2026
+40.7% from a year earlier
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$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00$4.00$5.00$6.001995200020052010201520202025$4.27
Shaded: U.S. recessions (NBER)Dollars per gallon

What this measures

Gasoline is the price households notice most, because they see it on a sign every week. It is a small share of the CPI basket, but swings in it drive a large part of month-to-month changes in headline inflation.

Switch to the inflation-adjusted view to compare today’s price with past peaks in today’s dollars: nominal records are often not records at all once prices in general are taken into account.

Source: EIA weekly retail gasoline prices via FRED (GASREGW). Updated automatically when the source publishes. How we handle data · Embed this chart

The household economy, once a month

A short email after each month’s inflation and jobs data: what changed, what it means for a household budget, and nothing else.