You can see gas prices are usually tied to oil prices. There may be temporary blips due to things like loss of refining capacity because of a hurricane.

Current Prices:

Source: US Spot Price FOB at EIA

World Crude Oil prices at EIA

Weekly Retail Gasoline and Diesel Prices at EIA

Historical:
Table 5.24  Retail Motor Gasoline and On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices, 1949-2007
Recent weekly prices (year 2000 and after) for regular gasoline from U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
Gas prices 1973-1999 from Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Gas price before 1973 (annual) from DOE
Inflation adjusted crude oil at InflationData.com


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last updated 24 June 2008