The Gasoline Index Rose 1%. That Is Not Today's Pump Price.

October's inflation report did not show cheaper household energy across the board. The energy index rose 0.7%, far slower than September's 5.2% jump, CNBC, Fox Business, and the New York Times reported Tuesday, Nov. 10. The gasoline index still rose 1%, after 9.1% in September. CNBC said electricity rose 0.9%, and the Times said nearly 1%. NBC said home heating oil rose 2% from September. The natural gas index fell 0.8%, CNBC reported.

Those are October indexes, not the price on a station sign Tuesday. NBC, citing AAA, said the national unleaded average fell from $4.41 a gallon on Oct. 1 to $4.18 by month's end, more than 5%, even as the gasoline index rose. NBC also said AAA's nationwide average had dropped below $4 earlier Tuesday for the first time since July. That current average was not in the other fetched reports, and the EIA weekly price table did not include figures in the evidence used here. NBC separately said diesel was 70% higher than at the start of the year. Diesel is not gasoline.

Did the slower October energy reading cut the gasoline price you pay now? No pump-price change was established by the CPI itself. The gasoline index rose 1% in October. A national average below $4 appeared only in NBC's account of AAA, and it is not that index.