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Diesel is $6.40. Another record on a Thursday. The gallon is $4.44.
AAA this morning. Up nine cents from $6.31. Forty-eight days. The hangar did not fill a tank.
The Rocket News · Economy · New YorkSeptember 17, 2026 · 4 min read
AAA put the U.S. diesel average at $6.40 a gallon on Thursday, a record, nine cents above Wednesday’s $6.31. Regular gasoline is $4.44. Before the Iran war it was $3.76. The Economy desk files the workhorse fuel on the morning a president in Gastonia announced a great deal with Mexico and the Air Force in Kyiv counted 131.
The East-West is still shut. Hormuz is still closed. Distillate is still below the five-year range. A $5,000 dividend does not fill a tank. A USMCA signing before November is still a speech. Forty-eight days to the vote. No president has faced a midterm with diesel above $6. This one is watching it climb.
The highest it has ever been. Again.
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The Economy desk files $6.40 as the American number on a Thursday the hangar cheered and the gallon did not come down.
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