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Title:               Average Price: Gasoline, Unleaded Premium (Cost per Gallon/3.785 Liters) in Portland-Salem, OR-WA (CBSA)
Series ID:           APUA42574716
Source:              U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release:             Average Price Data
Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency:           Monthly
Units:               U.S. Dollars
Date Range:          1981-09-01 to 1986-12-01
Last Updated:        2019-07-29 9:31 AM CDT
Notes:               All unleaded premium gasoline.
                     
                     Average consumer prices are calculated for household fuel, motor fuel,
                     and food items from prices collected for the Consumer Price Index
                     (CPI). Average prices are best used to measure the price level in a
                     particular month, not to measure price change over time. It is more
                     appropriate to use CPI index values for the particular item categories
                     to measure price change.
                     
                     Prices, except for electricity, are collected monthly by BLS
                     representatives in the 75 urban areas priced for the CPI. Electricity
                     prices are collected for the BLS for the same 75 areas on a monthly
                     basis by the Department of Energy using mail questionnaires. All fuel
                     prices include applicable Federal, State, and local taxes; prices for
                     natural gas and electricity also include fuel and purchased gas
                     adjustments.
                     
                     For more information, please visit the Bureau of Labor Statistics
                     (https://www.bls.gov/cpi/factsheets/average-prices.htm).

DATE        VALUE
1981-09-01  1.469
1981-10-01  1.475
1981-11-01  1.478
1981-12-01  1.491
1982-01-01  1.492
1982-02-01  1.480
1982-03-01  1.431
1982-04-01  1.392
1982-05-01  1.386
1982-06-01  1.436
1982-07-01  1.471
1982-08-01  1.467
1982-09-01  1.457
1982-10-01  1.434
1982-11-01  1.431
1982-12-01  1.402
1983-01-01  1.366
1983-02-01  1.289
1983-03-01  1.238
1983-04-01  1.263
1983-05-01  1.331
1983-06-01  1.386
1983-07-01  1.431
1983-08-01  1.438
1983-09-01  1.449
1983-10-01  1.428
1983-11-01  1.411
1983-12-01  1.405
1984-01-01  1.375
1984-02-01  1.347
1984-03-01  1.358
1984-04-01  1.424
1984-05-01  1.420
1984-06-01  1.425
1984-07-01  1.404
1984-08-01  1.372
1984-09-01  1.385
1984-10-01  1.396
1984-11-01  1.399
1984-12-01  1.400
1985-01-01  1.386
1985-02-01  1.380
1985-03-01  1.366
1985-04-01  1.379
1985-05-01  1.399
1985-06-01  1.424
1985-07-01  1.429
1985-08-01  1.410
1985-09-01  1.404
1985-10-01  1.400
1985-11-01  1.402
1985-12-01  1.323
1986-01-01  1.326
1986-02-01  1.305
1986-03-01  1.128
1986-04-01  1.017
1986-05-01  1.009
1986-06-01  1.034
1986-07-01  1.034
1986-08-01  0.995
1986-09-01  0.997
1986-10-01  0.967
1986-11-01  0.920
1986-12-01  0.914