🇺🇸 Americans paid $4.33 a gallon for gas in September, the most EXPENSIVE September on record. That's 50 cents above the previous September record of $3.83, set in 2023, per AAA. Economists expect gas to push Wednesday's CPI to about 3.7%, a four-month high. Core inflation is expected to hold at 2.4%, matching its slowest pace since March 2021.