The national average price of diesel climbed to a fresh record of $6.23 per gallon on Monday as President Donald Trump once again called on Ukraine to stop striking Russian refineries, saying the attacks were worsening a global fuel shortage.
Diesel averaged $6.23 per gallon on Sept. 14, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA), up from $6.20 the previous day and $5.90 a week earlier.
Prices have risen more than 80 cents over the past month and are nearly $2.54 higher than a year ago, when diesel averaged $3.69 per gallon.
Diesel powers much of the country’s trucking, freight, farming, and delivery networks, with higher fuel prices raising the cost of transporting everyday goods. High diesel prices were a big factor behind August’s 0.4 percentage point jump in U.S. wholesale inflation, which rose to an annualized 5.4 percent….