Gasoline Prices Up Another Penny

November 28, 2006

By Tom Moeller

· Regular unleaded gasoline prices at the pump rose a penny last week to an average $2.25 per gallon after the penny increase during the prior week. Average gas prices this month nevertheless fell two cents from the October average of $2.25 per gallon.

· Yesterday, the spot market (NY harbor) price for a gallon of regular gasoline was $1.63, unchanged from the average during last week. 

· Crude oil prices yesterday of $60.33 (5.2% y/y) for a barrel of WTI were up from the $57.65 averaged last week.

· The latest Short-Term Energy Outlook from the U.S. Energy Information Administration is available here

· How Resilient Is The Modern Economy to Energy Price Shocks? from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta is available here

Weekly Energy Prices 11/27/06 11/20/06 Y/Y 2005 2004 2003
US Retail Gasoline Price, Regular $2.25 $2.24 4.3% $2.27 $1.85 $1.56

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