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Diesel prices are surging, contributing to inflationary headwinds due to the fuel’s vital role in the American and global economy. Tankers, trains, trucks and planes all run on diesel. The fuel is also used across industries including farming, manufacturing, metals and mining.
“Diesel is the fuel that powers the economy,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy. Higher prices are “certainly going to translate into more expensive goods,” he said, since these higher fuel costs will be passed along to consumers. “Especially at the grocery store, the hardware store, anywhere you shop.”
In other words, the impacts will be felt across the economy.
Diesel’s surge
‘Unmoored’ prices
Retail diesel prices are also surging. On Friday the national average for a gallon hit a record of $5.51, according to អេ។ អេ, after hitting a new high every single day over the last week.
Higher diesel prices is translating to higher profit margins for refiners, who are now incentivized to make as much as they possibly can. At a certain point, this could lead to tightness in the gasoline market, pushing up the high prices consumers are already seeing at the pump.
In the meantime, consumers can expect prices for goods to keep on climbing.
“It’s going to be a double whammy on consumers in the weeks and months ahead as these diesel prices trickle down to the cost of goods — another piece of inflation that’s going to hit consumers,” GasBuddy’s De Haan said, adding that the full impact of the recent surge in prices has yet to be felt.
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/07/diesel-fuel-is-in-short-supply-as-prices-surge-heres-what-that-means-for-inflation.html