Category: profit margins

Gasoline Prices Keep Climbing, but Retail Gas Station Margins Plunge, With Many Now ‘Under Water’

Despite gas prices rising over the past weeks, retail gas stations are seeing their margins decrease, putting a strain on such businesses. The national average price of regular gas, as of Oct. 5, was $3.831 per gallon, up $0.26 from the previous day, $0.66 from a week back, and $0.45 a month ago, according to…


The Great Squeeze in Profit Margins

Commentary It’s beyond me why the Consumer Price Index (CPI) garners so much attention from the press, but the statistical release the following day barely makes a dent in the news cycle. That is the Producer Price Index (PPI). In many ways, the PPI is more important because it forecasts the plight of the consuming…