New York – the national average for a gallon gasoline consumption standard at the top of the us $ on Thursday.
This is the first time the average retail price was over 3 liters per day. Average price rose pump 1.5 liter night Tomography to $3.01, according to AAA Express Wright, the fuel price information service. That's 14 cents more than a month ago and 43 cents higher than a year ago.
Pump prices have traditionally summer peak season dropped after driving, into the winter, because fewer people are on the road. This year, however, gasoline prices rose as oil prices climbed from about $ 80 a barrel in August to more than us $ on Thursday. This is the highest they have more than two years.
Analysts think gas prices rise as the economy gets stronger demand selects. But some worry economists high energy prices could slow down the nation's economic recovery. Research by business management firm PortiaGroup says fuel pump prices already take a bite out of big household expenses: 7.4 percent of the median household income this month average versus 6.5 percent bbdcmbr of last year and 4.2 percent in 2008.
If oil prices are higher, the average share of the income is spent on gasoline consumption may go up almost 10 percent by browsing, with pump prices around $ 3.75 a gallon or more.
Most analysts say there not because of the rising oil prices and strong demand, but hopes its economy improving means usually have more demand for oil and gas.
Positive economic news helped push oil prices higher on Thursday. Department of Commerce said consumers spent more in November month before. Department and said that the number of people applying for unemployment benefits fell by 3000 420,000 an important axis point last week.
The weaker dollar is supported even higher oil prices. Since the oil price in dollars, it becomes more attractive to investors with the euro as a foreign currency, such as the dollar falls.
Benchmark averages to settle all bots rose $91.51 vibrant exchange of New York.
While oil prices, the price of gasoline you are the kind of one of the main sources of heating of the nation – natural gas — is falling. Is down 11 percent weeks. On Thursday, natural gas has lost 6.1 cents to settle at 4.083 per 1,000 cubic meters on the Nymex.
There are a lot of the nation was way below average temperatures in December, on Thursday the Energy Department said the nation's natural gas supply shrank last week by 184 billion cubic meters. But there is so much natural gas storage — almost three and a half trillion cubic meters, or more than 8 percent more than five years — that prices remain relatively low.
Some weather forecasters think temperatures rise next month, you should leave the lid of the natural gas and electricity prices. "Demand decreased slightly in January expected warming over a large swath of the country from Canada through the mid-Atlantic region in Northern New York, New England," said Chris, Kostas, senior analyst for the gas with consultants Inc. security analysis of energy
Natural gas is used to produce 20 percent of the nation's electricity.
Baahrim Nymex trading, heating oil rose St. 1.23 to settle all 2.5408 every gallon gasoline, 1.81 to settle all generated ¢ per liter 2.4426.
In London, Brent bots rose 60 cents to settle at $94.25 exchange of the ICE futures trading.
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