Airfare Jumped

NPR reports that regular gasoline rose seven cents overnight to nearly $4.44 per gallon — a price AAA says has never been higher this late in the year — while diesel jumped nearly nine cents to an all-time high of nearly $6.40 per gallon. According...

Airfare across the United States rose 26.5% in June 2026 compared with the same month a year earlier, according to federal data cited by CNBC. The analysis argues that volatile fuel prices and structural market factors make significant price declines unlikely in the near term,...