The Price at the Pump

Word came that gasoline had grown dear. Ambrose: up 9.1% in September, more than half the whole rise in prices. Pim checks the well pump. Mrs. Applewhite: $4.33 a gallon, $2.98 before the war. Prudence: half of September's rise was gasoline alone. Diesel went from $3.76 to $6.30; groceries actually fell 0.1%. The road grew dearer.

Gasoline did most of September's inflation: pump prices rose 9.1% in the month, more than half of the whole rise in the consumer price index, and are up 34% in a year; a gallon was $4.33 on Wednesday against $2.98 the day before the Iran war began, diesel $6.30 against $3.76, while grocery prices fell 0.1% in the month.

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