Price of Gas Hits Lowest Point in Nearly 5 Years – The Yeshiva World

Price of Gas Hits Lowest Point in Nearly 5 Years

gasn.jpgThe average national price of gasoline fell 9 cents in the past two weeks, bringing it to its lowest point in nearly five years, according to a national survey released Sunday.

The average price of regular gasoline Friday was $1.66 a gallon, oil industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said. The price of mid-grade was $1.80 a gallon and the price of premium was $1.92 a gallon.

The last time gas prices dipped so low was in February 2004, Lundberg said, when the national average for regular was also around $1.66 a gallon. The all-time high was on July 11, 2008, when the price peaked at $4.11 a gallon.

Of cities surveyed, the nation’s lowest price was $1.37 in Cheyenne, Wyo. The highest price was $2.41 in Anchorage, Alaska. In the continental United States, the highest price was on New York’s Long Island, at $1.92.

(Source: Associated Press)

5 Responses

  1. akuperma says: December 22, 2008 8:49 am 8:49 am at 8:49 am

    which is sort of like saying that you’ve managed to avoid going to restaurants – because you’re too sick to leave the house

    going back to before the recent surge is good, dropping further is an indicator of deflation, which is bad

  2. Flatbush Bubby says: December 22, 2008 2:46 pm 2:46 pm at 2:46 pm

    Where is gas $1.66 per gallon? Tell me, tell me!!!!

  3. A Poshiter Yid says: December 22, 2008 10:02 pm 10:02 pm at 10:02 pm

    Now lets see Car Service and food prices should fall.., didn’t they rise because of high gas prices???

  4. Yatzmich says: December 22, 2008 10:55 pm 10:55 pm at 10:55 pm

    $1.45 at the Shell station in Brick off Parkway exit 91. I filled up a 22 gal. tank for $32.00!! Life is good.

  5. squeak says: December 23, 2008 4:21 pm 4:21 pm at 4:21 pm

    Don’t get used to it, folks.

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