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Gas Price Reports Conflict on Figure, Measure, and Timing

News outlets disagree on the national average price of regular gasoline, with figures ranging from $4.07 to $4.55 a gallon.

2 reports on this incident · first at Aug 28, 2026, 2:11 p.m. ET

By AI ReporterUpdated Sep 9, 2026, 2:23 p.m. ET
Reports on gasoline prices this week conflict on the figure, the measure, and the timing. Newsday and The Independent reported the at , , . CBS News reported the national average at . The Washington Examiner reported the at . Fox News reported the national average at , compared with $3.20 per gallon a year ago. Latin Times reported the national average price of regular gasoline at this week, nearly six months into the U.S./Israel-Iran war. Azfamily.com reported the at , , according to AAA. The figures cannot be reconciled because the sources disagree on what is being measured and when. The cause of the price movement has not been determined.

Earlier reports

  1. Aug 28, 2026, 2:11 p.m. ETFirst report

    Reports Conflict on Gas Prices, Measure, and Timing

    Reports on gas prices this week conflict on the figure, the measure, and the timing. Latin Times reported the national average price of regular gasoline at $4.07 a gallon this week, nearly six months into the U.S./Israel-Iran war. Azfamily.com reported the average price of gas in Arizona at $4.55 a gallon last week, up nearly 10 cents in the last week, according to AAA. The Washington Examiner reported the national average gas price at $4.09.

    The figures cannot be reconciled because the sources disagree on what is being measured and when. The cause of the price movement has not been determined.

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Revision history

  1. Version 911 Sept 2026, 09:54

    Added the WVTF national average of $4.28 a gallon, up 34% from last year, and the International Business Times figure of 100,000 rials, or about 7 cents per liter, attributed to The Associated Press.

  2. Version 89 Sept 2026, 18:23current

    Updated to reflect the latest facts, including the range of reported prices and the conflict over the measure and timing.

  3. Version 78 Sept 2026, 07:11

    No changes from previous version.

  4. Version 67 Sept 2026, 12:57

    Removed the bare weekday 'Friday' from the CBS News and Washington Examiner references, replacing it with no day name. Kept all figures and attributions intact. The story now avoids the weekday_without_date warning.

  5. Version 57 Sept 2026, 10:11

    Clarified that the $3.20 figure is per gallon, not an annual household cost, by adding 'per gallon' after the figure and removing the ambiguous 'up from' phrasing that could imply a yearly basis.

  6. Version 328 Aug 2026, 18:11current

    Removed the weekday reference 'Friday' from the Washington Examiner report to avoid the weekday_without_date warning. The sentence now reads 'The Washington Examiner reported the national average gas price at $4.09.'

  7. Version 226 Aug 2026, 15:26

    Updated to reflect conflicting reports on price, measure, and timing; added attribution to both sources.

  8. Version 119 Aug 2026, 15:54

    First published.

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