Table 3-9: Price Trends of Gasoline v. Other Consumer Goods and Services
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Retail price of regular grade gasoline (cent per gallon) |
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Service station price (excluding taxes)a |
21.0 |
20.7 |
24.6 |
44.8 |
105.3 |
89.5 |
88.0 |
81.2 |
79.1 |
75.4 |
72.0 |
74.3 |
82.4 |
82.6 |
65.0 |
75.0 |
108.8 |
106.4 |
State and federal taxesb |
10.1 |
10.5 |
11.1 |
12.4 |
13.8 |
22.0 |
26.9 |
32.8 |
33.6 |
35.4 |
39.2 |
40.4 |
40.7 |
40.8 |
41.0 |
41.5 |
42.2 |
42.0 |
Service station price (including taxes) |
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Leaded |
31.1 |
31.2 |
35.7 |
56.7 |
119.1 |
111.5 |
114.9 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Unleaded |
N |
N |
N |
N |
124.5 |
120.2 |
116.4 |
114.0 |
112.7 |
110.8 |
111.2 |
114.7 |
123.1 |
123.4 |
106.0 |
116.5 |
151.0 |
c148.4 |
Consumer price indices (1982-84 = 100) |
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All items |
30 |
32 |
39 |
54 |
82 |
108 |
131 |
136 |
140 |
145 |
148 |
152 |
157 |
161 |
163 |
167 |
172 |
177 |
Food |
30 |
32 |
39 |
60 |
87 |
106 |
132 |
136 |
138 |
141 |
144 |
148 |
153 |
157 |
161 |
164 |
168 |
173 |
Shelter |
25 |
27 |
36 |
49 |
81 |
110 |
140 |
146 |
151 |
156 |
161 |
166 |
171 |
176 |
182 |
187 |
193 |
200 |
Apparel and upkeep |
46 |
48 |
59 |
73 |
91 |
105 |
124 |
129 |
132 |
134 |
133 |
132 |
132 |
133 |
133 |
131 |
130 |
127 |
Motor fuel |
24 |
25 |
28 |
45 |
97 |
99 |
101 |
99 |
99 |
98 |
99 |
100 |
106 |
106 |
92 |
101 |
129 |
125 |
Medical care |
22 |
25 |
34 |
48 |
75 |
114 |
163 |
177 |
190 |
201 |
211 |
221 |
228 |
235 |
242 |
251 |
261 |
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KEY: N = data do not exist; NA = not applicable.
a Calculated by subtracting state and federal taxes from service
station price (including taxes).
b State and federal taxes are weighted averages computed by the
American Petroleum Institute, based on gasoline sold in the 50 states.
c Includes only data from January to April.
SOURCES
Retail price of regular grade gasoline except service station prices (including
taxes):
1960-65: American Petroleum Institute, Basic Petroleum Data Book (Washington,
DC: Annual issues), section VI, table 5, and similar tables in earlier editions.
1970-2001: American Petroleum Institute, How Much We Pay for Gasoline
(May 2001) table 2.
Service station price (including taxes):
1960-2001: American Petroleum Institute, How Much We Pay for Gasoline
(May 2001) table 3.
Consumer price indices:
1960-2001: Council of Economic Advisors, Economic Report of the President
(Washington, DC: January 2001), tables B-60 and B-61. Also available at
Internet site http://w3.access.gpo.gov/eop/.
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