# Explainer: U.S. gasoline prices are falling again - here's why

> US gasoline prices fell after West Coast refinery outages subsided and seasonal demand dropped, following a weeks-long rebound. US diesel prices rose over the prior two weeks on strong global demand, low inventories and French refinery strikes.

- Date: 2022-10-19 · published 2022-10-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/10937-explainer-u-s-gasoline-prices-are-falling-again-here-s-why
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

Diesel is diverging from gasoline because of tight distillate supply, so diesel-linked costs for feed transport and farm operations stay firm. Gasoline declines do not carry over to diesel.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/why-are-us-fuel-prices-rising-again-will-they-keep-going-up-2022-10-06/

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