Gas prices post their steepest weekly drop in months: what the retail fuel turn means for your budget

Key takeaways Regular gasoline averaged $4.153 a gallon in the week ending November 2, 2026, down 2.7 percent week over week and the lowest pump price in about eight weeks, per EIA data. It is the sixth straight weekly easing, and the biggest single week move of the autumn, taking gasoline 7.3 percent below its September 21 peak of $4.478. Diesel broke a two week climb, easing 0.9 percent to $6.292, though the diesel premium over gasoline stayed near $2.14, about $1.41 above a year ago. Most October CPI collection captured the pump near $4.30 to $4.35, so the October print still shows heavy energy; the November CPI is the first window inside this week's lower prices. Regular gasoline turned…