But he has been filling it up to the brim these days.
The move helps to keep rising living expenses under control as gas prices fall to their lowest level in three years, giving millions of Americans more financial breathing room.
According to official data, US inflation, or the rate at which prices rise, increased marginally to 2.7% last month. Even still, the price increase is far slower than it was in June 2022, when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine caused chaos in the world’s oil markets and skyrocketed fuel costs.
Even while economic statistics has been showing recovery for months, price hikes in other sectors, including housing, have overshadowed the broader improvement, which has kept economic unhappiness high.
