Wholesale Gasoline Price (NY Harbor)
The daily spot price of regular conventional gasoline delivered at New York Harbor, the benchmark for the East Coast wholesale market and the physical reference for NYMEX RBOB futures. Dollars per gallon, daily since June 1986, from the EIA via FRED.
NY Harbor gasoline ($/gallon)
- YoY %
- 61.4%
Next release: Aug 26, 2026
Latest reading
As of August 18, 2026, Wholesale Gasoline (NY Harbor gasoline ($/gallon)) stands at $3.361 — up from $3.324 the prior reading, 25% below the June 3, 2022 record of $4.509. Wholesale gasoline is retail gasoline minus taxes, distribution and station margin, and it moves first. Multiply by 42 and subtract WTI to get the gasoline crack, one of the two legs of the 3-2-1 spread. Its seasonal pattern (a spring ramp into summer-grade specifications, a fall decline) is stronger than crude's, which is why the crack spread itself is seasonal. Series history runs from 1986 to present.
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Full history
Price ($/gallon)
Year-over-year %
The annual change in the wholesale price. It leads the retail pump price by a week or two and moves far more, since taxes and retail margins damp the pump number.
Methodology & data
Wholesale Gasoline is sourced from EIA via the Federal Reserve's FRED service (EIA via FRED (DGASNYH), daily, dollars per gallon, not seasonally adjusted). We pull the complete history, chart it on a daily basis, overlay SPY for context, and generate a dated plain-English reading from the latest release — with no smoothing or adjustment beyond what the chart legend states.
Every reading is stamped with its release date, last updated 2026-08-21. Maintained and reviewed by Yuriy Matso; see our methodology for the standards every series on the site is held to.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Wholesale Gasoline Price (NY Harbor)?
The daily spot price of regular conventional gasoline delivered at New York Harbor, the benchmark for the East Coast wholesale market and the physical reference for NYMEX RBOB futures. Dollars per gallon, daily since June 1986, from the EIA via FRED.
How do you read Wholesale Gasoline?
Wholesale gasoline is retail gasoline minus taxes, distribution and station margin, and it moves first. Multiply by 42 and subtract WTI to get the gasoline crack, one of the two legs of the 3-2-1 spread. Its seasonal pattern (a spring ramp into summer-grade specifications, a fall decline) is stronger than crude's, which is why the crack spread itself is seasonal.
Where does the Wholesale Gasoline data come from?
EIA via FRED (DGASNYH), daily, dollars per gallon, not seasonally adjusted. We chart the full history and publish a dated, plain-English reading with every release; the raw series is downloadable as CSV at /data/indicators/gasoline-wholesale-price.csv.
How often is Wholesale Gasoline updated?
Wholesale Gasoline is a daily series from EIA, refreshed here as soon as a new release posts to FRED.
NY Harbor gasoline ($/gallon)
- YoY %
- 61.4%
Next release: Aug 26, 2026