Expect lower gas prices heading into Memorial Day
If you're lucky enough to live in some parts of the United States, you may see gas pump prices fall to
around $3.25 a gallon or less in the next week or two. Even West Coast drivers should get some relief
from prices that are still above $4 a gallon.
Retail gasoline prices dropped by a penny to a national average of $3.71 per gallon on Friday. That's 22
cents less than the high of $3.94 per gallon reached in early April. Lower oil prices are the main reason.
Weaker demand is also helping to push down prices, as consumers watch their spending in the sluggish
economic recovery.
Motorists on the West Coast, in Illinois and New York are paying the most for gas -- from $3.83 per gallon
to $4.54 per gallon -- according to AAA, Wright Express and the Oil Price Information Service. The lowest
prices, from $3.39 to $3.51 per gallon, were in the South and parts of the Midwest.
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