The Pump
Diesel is $6.53. AAA dated a new record this morning.
Highest recorded national average, Sept. 22. Yesterday $6.51. A year ago $3.69.
The Rocket News · Economy · WashingtonSeptember 22, 2026 · 4 min read
AAA this morning: diesel $6.5276 a gallon. The association lists it as the highest recorded national average, dated Sept. 22, 2026. Yesterday was $6.5107. A year ago: $3.69. Regular is $4.4750. The Economy desk files a record that moved overnight while the president was in the green hall talking about a deal after the vote.
Hormuz is still tight. Ukrainian drones are still on Russian plants. EIA’s weekly on-highway print was $6.529. California stays above $8. The midterm is 42 days out. Trump told North Carolina a higher pump was inexpensive. The Economy desk files the number anyway.
The association lists it as the highest recorded national average, dated Sept. 22, 2026.
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The Economy desk files Tuesday as it is: $6.53 on the sticker, a new date on the record, and a U.N. speech that did not mention the gallon.
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Markets
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Reuters, Tuesday: Brent was up 0.4 percent at $105.19 in Asian trading after a drop of about 7 percent on Monday. The photograph is the New York Stock Exchange on Nov. 2, not that print.
The budget
The deficit is still about 6 percent. That count is Friday's.
Reuters, Friday in New York: investors see no fix for a deficit around 6 percent of GDP and a $2 trillion gap, whoever wins Tuesday. The photograph is the Capitol on Sept. 28.