That’s one of the standout numbers from the latest consumer price index, and it will mean an expensive winter for many Americans.
!["Unfortunately, we're going into this season with lower [fuel oil] inventories than typical," says UC Berkeley’s Severin Borenstein.](https://img.apmcdn.org/752df12c24237f410f7a39f59b18ff1553bb1d44/uncropped/8e47a7-2022-11-gettyimages-104507784-webp2000.webp)