Gasoline 2.9% of the basket · rides live data · graded vs CUUR0000SETB01

This component is re-priced from live market data blended and spliced onto the official BLS series at the splice point marked on the chart. Everything below is the receipt: which sources, how fresh, where the splice sits, whether the quality gate ever held a print.

YoY (ours)
+39.9%
own last obs 2026-10-02 · BLS +27.4%
Contribution to headline
+1.19pp
weight × own YoY · BLS reconstruction +0.82pp
Gap vs BLS
+12.48pp
contribution to the headline gap +0.37pp · 2026-10-02
Momentum
+68.0%
3m annualized · 6m +19.5% · at own last obs 2026-10-02

Momentum compares the index with the same day-of-month 3 and 6 calendar months earlier, compounded to a year. Indexes are not seasonally adjusted — short-window annualized rates carry seasonality.

Cite
CiteMacroGauge Gasoline component YoY, 2026-10-02, 2018-01=100, +39.9% YoY — https://macrogauge.vercel.app/components/fuel

Sources and freshness

SeriesBlend weightSourceSource statusSeries latest obsSource rows todayStaleness limitLead
AAA national average regular gasoline $/gal aaa_gas_d70%AAAOK: ok2026-10-0214d—
US regular gasoline retail $/gal (weekly) eia_gasreg_w30%EIAOK: ok2026-09-28021d—

Official series CUUR0000SETB01 · live in variants gauge, tracker, col, pce · blend weights renormalize as sources phase in. Source status and rows today are the run-level source row from /status; latest obs is this series' own newest observation. A blend source past its staleness limit drops out of coverage.

12-month outlook path — from 2026-09

Oct 2026Nov 2026Dec 2026Jan 2027Feb 2027Mar 2027Apr 2027May 2027Jun 2027Jul 2027Aug 2027Sep 2027
+2.1%+2.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

Monthly changes the outlook carries for this component; a forward-driver where one applies, else the trailing median of its own real changes. Projection, not a promise.