California’s average price fell 4.5 cents a gallon in the last week … Prices have dropped an average of 46.3 cents a gallon since May 2, the [Energy Department's Energy Information Administration ]said.
Nationally, the price rose an average of 0.5 cent to $3.579 a gallon, largely because of continuing problems with refineries in the Midwest … The national average peaked at $3.965 a gallon on May 9.
The gasbuddy.com data shows a similar decline (graph below).
This price decline is good news, but it just takes us back close to the March levels – when it appeared gasoline prices were already a drag on economic activity. That is when Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) growth slowed, and consumer sentiment fell sharply.
Still this is better than $4 per gallon …
Orange County Historical Gas Price Charts Provided by GasBuddy.com
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