# Shifting diesel inventories could impact fuel costs for carriers - FreightWaves

> Federal data showed a historic change in US diesel inventories in the prior week, reversing a long period of high distillate stocks. The shift could tighten the weak diesel market that has supported carriers for months.

- Date: 2020-10-21 · published 2020-10-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50826-shifting-diesel-inventories-could-impact-fuel-costs-for-carriers-freightwaves
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

A tighter diesel balance narrows the spread to crude and could lift the pump prices that carriers and feed haulers pay.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2022-05-25 | [East Coast diesel inventories tighter again; other numbers offer buyers hope - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41589-east-coast-diesel-inventories-tighter-again-other-numbers-offer-buyers-hope.md) | +8.0% | +11.9% |
| DIESEL | 2020-10-19 | [Diesel inventories have done something in the US not seen in at least 30 years - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50825-diesel-inventories-have-done-something-in-the-us-not-seen-in-at-least-30-years.md) | -2.5% | +1.8% |
| DIESEL | 2021-11-15 | [DOE/EIA diesel price up for 9th straight week - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11827-doe-eia-diesel-price-up-for-9th-straight-week-freightwaves.md) | -4.8% | -7.1% |
| DIESEL | 2025-11-18 | [Four straight weeks of increases in benchmark diesel price - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11483-four-straight-weeks-of-increases-in-benchmark-diesel-price-freightwaves.md) | -5.1% | -16.2% |
| DIESEL | 2020-11-09 | [DOE/EIA weekly diesel price up 1.1 cents per gallon - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50324-doe-eia-weekly-diesel-price-up-1-1-cents-per-gallon-freightwaves.md) | +5.1% | +22.2% |

## Sources

- freightwaves.com: https://www.freightwaves.com/news/shifting-diesel-inventories-could-impact-fuel-costs-for-carriers

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