Advance Retail Sales: Gasoline Stations/US Regular All Formulations Gas Price

Notes

Advance Retail Sales: Gasoline Stations (RSGASS)

Release: Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services

Units: Millions of Dollars, Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency: Monthly

Notes:

The value for the most recent month is an advance estimate that is based on data from a subsample of firms from the larger Monthly Retail Trade Survey. The advance estimate will be superseded in following months by revised estimates derived from the larger Monthly Retail Trade Survey. The associated series from the Monthly Retail Trade Survey is available at https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MRTSSM447USS

Information about the Advance Monthly Retail Sales Survey can be found on the Census website at https://www.census.gov/retail/marts/about_the_surveys.html

Suggested Citation:

U.S. Census Bureau, Advance Retail Sales: Gasoline Stations [RSGASS], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RSGASS, .

US Regular All Formulations Gas Price (GASREGW)

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration

Release: Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update

Units: Dollars per Gallon, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency: Weekly, Ending Monday

Notes:

Weighted average based on sampling of approximately 900 retail outlets, 8:00AM Monday. The price represents self-service unless only full-service is available and includes all taxes. See (http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/wrgp/mogas_home_page.html) for further definitions. Regular Gasoline has an antiknock index (average of the research octane rating and the motor octane number) greater than or equal to 85 and less than 88. Octane requirements may vary by altitude.

Suggested Citation:

U.S. Energy Information Administration, US Regular All Formulations Gas Price [GASREGW], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GASREGW, .