Gas price jump feels like a lot because it is

For NYT’s the Upshot, Francesca Paris gives context to the recent spike in gas prices in the United States:

It’s the second-largest four-week increase in at least 30 years — bigger than the one at the start of the war in Ukraine in 2022, or the ones associated with the post-recession surge of 2009 and the OPEC production cuts in 1999.

The only bigger jump came after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, when gas supply fell significantly.

Rising everyday expenses probably don’t help the situation. For those keeping track, 50 Cent is currently adjusted to 111 Cent as of this writing.