The Pump Tax

The Pump Tax has fallen down 0.0 points since Q1 2025 year-over-year The Pump Tax has fallen down 0.0 points since Q1 2025 over the past year, amid shifting household financial conditions. This indicator is part of the ADI's Upstream Pressure component. The composite index reads 59.0 (Elevated). Source: Computed (EIA/BLS via FRED: GASREGW / LES1252881600Q) Data: https://americandefault.org/indicators/the-pump-tax/ CSV: https://americandefault.org/api/downloads/the-pump-tax.csv Embed: https://americandefault.org/embed/the-pump-tax/ Citation (APA): American Default Project. (2026). The Pump Tax [Data set]. American Default. https://americandefault.org/indicators/the-pump-tax/ Contact: press@americandefault.org

31 of 90 household distress indicators are worsening — The Pump Tax is one of them The American Distress Index reads 59.0 (Elevated), a composite of five statistically derived components tracking U.S. household financial distress. The Pump Tax, part of the Upstream Pressure component, currently reads 0.8%. Gas Affordability Ratio at 0.76% — near pre-pandemic levels Source: Computed (EIA/BLS via FRED: GASREGW / LES1252881600Q) Data: https://americandefault.org/indicators/the-pump-tax/ CSV: https://americandefault.org/api/downloads/the-pump-tax.csv Embed: https://americandefault.org/embed/the-pump-tax/ Citation (APA): American Default Project. (2026). The Pump Tax [Data set]. American Default. https://americandefault.org/indicators/the-pump-tax/ Contact: press@americandefault.org

"The Pump Tax." American Default Project, 2026, https://americandefault.org/indicators/the-pump-tax/. Accessed March 23, 2026.

"The Pump Tax." American Default Project, 2026, https://americandefault.org/indicators/the-pump-tax/. Accessed March 23, 2026.

American Default Project. "The Pump Tax." American Default, 2026. https://americandefault.org/indicators/the-pump-tax/.

American Default Project. "The Pump Tax." American Default, 2026. https://americandefault.org/indicators/the-pump-tax/.

@misc{adi_the_pump_tax,
  title = {The Pump Tax},
  author = {{American Default Project}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://americandefault.org/indicators/the-pump-tax/},
  note = {Data sourced from Computed (EIA/BLS via FRED: GASREGW / LES1252881600Q)}
}

@misc{adi_the_pump_tax, title = {The Pump Tax}, author = {{American Default Project}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://americandefault.org/indicators/the-pump-tax/}, note = {Data sourced from Computed (EIA/BLS via FRED: GASREGW / LES1252881600Q)} }