Figure 1. Crude petroleum prices versus retail fuel margins, month-over-month percent change in producer price indexes, April 2009 through September 2016
| Date |
Crude petroleum prices |
Retail fuel margins |
|
Apr 2009
|
8.08 |
-16.50 |
|
May 2009
|
18.87 |
-6.95 |
|
Jun 2009
|
20.13 |
54.83 |
|
Jul 2009
|
-15.12 |
26.93 |
|
Aug 2009
|
17.43 |
-36.28 |
|
Sep 2009
|
-0.16 |
17.16 |
|
Oct 2009
|
6.90 |
-35.35 |
|
Nov 2009
|
6.21 |
92.94 |
|
Dec 2009
|
-8.61 |
16.60 |
|
Jan 2010
|
11.36 |
-23.52 |
|
Feb 2010
|
-5.88 |
5.13 |
|
Mar 2010
|
9.03 |
-31.58 |
|
Apr 2010
|
4.39 |
35.86 |
|
May 2010
|
-12.01 |
36.80 |
|
Jun 2010
|
0.68 |
-37.88 |
|
Jul 2010
|
0.77 |
15.29 |
|
Aug 2010
|
1.78 |
6.34 |
|
Sep 2010
|
-2.22 |
-18.67 |
|
Oct 2010
|
8.16 |
6.95 |
|
Nov 2010
|
5.85 |
3.03 |
|
Dec 2010
|
2.87 |
-8.82 |
|
Jan 2011
|
3.28 |
3.41 |
|
Feb 2011
|
-4.13 |
0.46 |
|
Mar 2011
|
17.47 |
3.47 |
|
Apr 2011
|
9.62 |
2.03 |
|
May 2011
|
-6.72 |
29.65 |
|
Jun 2011
|
-4.27 |
3.40 |
|
Jul 2011
|
2.34 |
-21.15 |
|
Aug 2011
|
-13.72 |
20.61 |
|
Sep 2011
|
9.67 |
2.10 |
|
Oct 2011
|
-1.38 |
-16.93 |
|
Nov 2011
|
14.10 |
14.07 |
|
Dec 2011
|
-6.31 |
-4.91 |
|
Jan 2012
|
2.89 |
-14.59 |
|
Feb 2012
|
1.23 |
1.81 |
|
Mar 2012
|
3.42 |
-0.08 |
|
Apr 2012
|
-2.49 |
16.28 |
|
May 2012
|
-8.33 |
8.83 |
|
Jun 2012
|
-11.58 |
0.60 |
|
Jul 2012
|
2.57 |
-10.19 |
|
Aug 2012
|
9.57 |
-15.58 |
|
Sep 2012
|
4.05 |
-3.95 |
|
Oct 2012
|
-4.92 |
20.04 |
|
Nov 2012
|
-4.40 |
17.76 |
|
Dec 2012
|
-1.64 |
9.26 |
|
Jan 2013
|
6.97 |
-21.45 |
|
Feb 2013
|
1.85 |
-1.43 |
|
Mar 2013
|
-1.24 |
6.58 |
|
Apr 2013
|
1.80 |
14.14 |
|
May 2013
|
0.11 |
-31.82 |
|
Jun 2013
|
-0.07 |
31.37 |
|
Jul 2013
|
9.54 |
-5.62 |
|
Aug 2013
|
0.36 |
11.38 |
|
Sep 2013
|
0.23 |
-7.28 |
|
Oct 2013
|
-6.20 |
2.81 |
|
Nov 2013
|
-9.02 |
-0.91 |
|
Dec 2013
|
3.88 |
-6.86 |
|
Jan 2014
|
-3.37 |
0.84 |
|
Feb 2014
|
8.92 |
-6.02 |
|
Mar 2014
|
-0.70 |
-0.24 |
|
Apr 2014
|
2.66 |
-2.33 |
|
May 2014
|
-1.10 |
18.09 |
|
Jun 2014
|
2.06 |
-3.55 |
|
Jul 2014
|
-4.17 |
15.96 |
|
Aug 2014
|
-3.99 |
6.29 |
|
Sep 2014
|
-4.46 |
-16.05 |
|
Oct 2014
|
-12.25 |
25.96 |
|
Nov 2014
|
-6.20 |
-2.99 |
|
Dec 2014
|
-20.22 |
15.42 |
|
Jan 2015
|
-28.89 |
-10.14 |
|
Feb 2015
|
8.49 |
-24.83 |
|
Mar 2015
|
-2.15 |
13.92 |
|
Apr 2015
|
12.16 |
-4.18 |
|
May 2015
|
15.66 |
-9.80 |
|
Jun 2015
|
-0.48 |
7.96 |
|
Jul 2015
|
-12.88 |
7.79 |
|
Aug 2015
|
-19.53 |
18.93 |
|
Sep 2015
|
1.91 |
12.20 |
|
Oct 2015
|
3.32 |
-17.59 |
|
Nov 2015
|
-8.07 |
9.83 |
|
Dec 2015
|
-16.47 |
-9.16 |
|
Jan 2016
|
-19.51 |
8.16 |
|
Feb 2016
|
-7.46 |
-7.22 |
|
Mar 2016
|
31.65 |
-11.90 |
|
Apr 2016
|
15.08 |
9.56 |
|
May 2016
|
12.35 |
-1.99 |
|
Jun 2016
|
8.62 |
31.18 |
|
Jul 2016
|
-6.15 |
-0.37 |
|
Aug 2016
|
-4.39 |
-10.33 |
|
Sep 2016
|
2.08 |
1.78 |