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May fuels prices continue climb: BTS

Monthly sales price of transportation fuel

Fuels prices. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) have released monthly motor fuels prices for May of this year, and the numbers remain discouraging. Amid ongoing supply issues, the average price for regular gasoline was up another 9.2% from April this year and a shocking 42.2% from May of 2025. The New England region again …

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Transportation costs lead Consumer Price Index rise

Bar chart titled 'Contribution of Transportation to Inflation, April 2026' showing year-over-year contributions by transportation items. Overall transportation contributes 31.1 points to inflation; gasoline (all types) 24.2; airline fare 4.9; motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1.4; other motor fuels 1.2; intracity transportation 0.5; and smaller or zero contributions for tires, new vehicles, motor vehicle insurance, car and truck rental, parking and tolls, ship fare, and intercity items, with negative contributions from used cars and trucks (-2.0) and leased cars and trucks (-0.2).

Consumer Price Index. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) released the change in the costs faced by consumers for transportation goods and services, from April 2025 to April 2026, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The annual change in CPI is a measure of inflation. The CPI for all transportation goods and services …

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U.S. transportation sector unemployment ticks up in April

Transportation sector and US total unemployment

Transportation unemployment. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reports that the unemployment rate in the U.S. transportation sector was 3.9% in April 2026. This is according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The data has been updated on the BTS Unemployment in Transportation dashboard. The numbers are not seasonally adjusted. The April numbers are …

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BTS reports fuels prices for April and it doesn’t surprise

monthly sales price of fuel

Fuels prices. Well, we’re back with more from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), as they have just released monthly motor fuels prices for April of this year, and as you might expect — and we warned of last month — the numbers are more than discouraging. Amid ongoing supply issues, the average price for …

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BTS transportation statistics disappoint

Cost to operate a vehicle

BTS stats. BTS — the Bureau of Transportation Statistics — sent out its update to national transportation statistics. In it was a line for the Average Cost of Owning and Operating an Automobile. The data does not include anything from 2026. Nonetheless, the data shows big increases in both 2023 and 2024, which BTS chalks …

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March transportation sector unemployment down compared to 2025

transportation sector and us total unemployment rate

March unemployment. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) reports that the transportation sector unemployment in the U.S. was 3.4% in March 2026. The rate fell 1.2 percentage points from 4.6% in March 2025. The data is supplied by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and has not been seasonally adjusted. The unemployment rate is the …

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Gasoline prices force inflation spike

Transportation impact on inflation by item

Gasoline prices According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), the change in the costs faced by consumers for transportation goods and services rose a full 5% from March 2025 to March 2026. Gasoline prices were the single largest contributor. Costs to consumers is measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which itself is a …

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