The U.S. retail diesel average rose for the fourth consecutive week as the fuel continued to climb past the $2 threshold.

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The U.S. diesel average rose 0.3 cent to $1.983 last week, the first increase in 14 weeks, the Department of Energy reported. Two fleet executives told Transport Topics they did not expect to see pump prices to spike but did share concerns about how regional price and tax variances can create business pressures.

With inventories at the highest level in more than a decade, used Class 8 trucks were priced lower and selling slower in January compared with a year earlier, a pattern likely to continue throughout 2016, analysts said.

The national average retail price of diesel fuel climbed ever so slightly, ending 14 consecutive declines, the Department of Energy reported.