Commodity
Gasoline
The front-month NYMEX RBOB gasoline futures price in US dollars per gallon. Leading US pump prices, it feeds straight into consumer sentiment and headline inflation, and its crack spread against crude reads the refining-margin environment.
Latest
3.07 USD/gal
-0.15 USD/gal
At a glance
Gasoline: latest value and prior change
As of 2026-09-08, Gasoline is 3.07 USD/gal. It is 0.15 USD/gal lower than 3.21 USD/gal on 2026-09-07.
Within the default comparison window of 1,000 observations from 2022-09-19 to 2026-09-08, the latest value is at the tie-adjusted 91st percentile. Available history covers 2000-11-01 to 2026-09-08 with 6,494 observations.
- Observed on
- Default comparison window
- 2022-09-19–2026-09-08
- Observations · observed cadence
- 1,000 · Daily
- Data source
- Yahoo Finance
A high or low percentile does not by itself make the indicator positive, negative, or a buy or sell signal.
Time-series chart
Gasoline
2000-11-01–2026-09-08
Long-history series are stored as real provider observations. Index, FX, VIX, and ratio charts use historical backfill where providers expose it; Korean investor flow and margin-credit feeds expand as stable historical endpoints become available.
Recent observations and calculated changes
The ten latest chart observations. Change subtracts the previous observation; intervals vary with holidays, release schedules and missing data. A difference in rates or ratios is not an investment return.
| Observed | Value | Previous date | Difference (current − previous) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 | 3.07 USD/gal | 2026-09-07 | -0.15 USD/gal |
| 2026-09-07 | 3.21 USD/gal | 2026-09-04 | 0.00 USD/gal |
| 2026-09-04 | 3.21 USD/gal | 2026-09-03 | 0.08 USD/gal |
| 2026-09-03 | 3.13 USD/gal | 2026-09-02 | 0.03 USD/gal |
| 2026-09-02 | 3.10 USD/gal | 2026-09-01 | -0.03 USD/gal |
| 2026-09-01 | 3.14 USD/gal | 2026-08-31 | -0.30 USD/gal |
| 2026-08-31 | 3.44 USD/gal | 2026-08-28 | -0.05 USD/gal |
| 2026-08-28 | 3.49 USD/gal | 2026-08-27 | 0.11 USD/gal |
| 2026-08-27 | 3.38 USD/gal | 2026-08-26 | 0.06 USD/gal |
| 2026-08-26 | 3.32 USD/gal | 2026-08-25 | 0.07 USD/gal |
Source: Yahoo Finance
Interpretation guide
Gasoline futures: the inflation Americans see every day
RBOB gasoline futures trade in dollars per gallon on NYMEX and lead US pump prices. The pump price is the inflation American consumers meet most often, moving sentiment, inflation expectations, and even political calendars — the flagship felt-inflation gauge.
What to check
Gasoline is crude plus the refining margin — the crack spread. At the same oil price, refinery outages or driving-season demand can lift gasoline alone, so the gap between crude and gasoline carries its own information.
- Inventory levels before the May-September driving season set the size of the seasonal rally.
- Gulf Coast refinery shutdowns in hurricane season are the classic gasoline-only spike trigger.
- The spring switch to summer blend brings a recurring seasonal price step-up.
Interpretation rules
Pump prices flow quickly into the energy line of headline CPI and the Michigan inflation-expectation surveys. Sustained surges reach the macro picture through sagging consumer sentiment and a more vigilant Fed on expectations.
- Gasoline surging while consumer sentiment falls marks building pressure on consumption.
- Gasoline spiking on stable crude signals refining bottlenecks — friendly to refiner margins.
- Jumps in short-run inflation-expectation surveys often just lag the pump price.
How to apply it
The crack spread — gasoline minus crude — is the direct gauge of refining-sector margins. Use it with Singapore margins for Korean refiner calls, and read the fuel-cost bite into disposable income for US consumer stocks.
- A widening crack spread is a friendly signal for refiner earnings at home and abroad.
- A falling, stable gasoline price sets the backdrop for US consumer stocks and sentiment repair.
- Read it with crude, but treat gasoline-only rallies as a refining story, not an oil story.