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For the first time in a year, the price of gas seems almost reasonable 적당한, 비싸지 않은 again. $1.85 in
Take last spring, over a 2-month period, oil prices shot up <물가가> 급등하다 more than 17% to nearly $72 a barrel. And the average price of gas soared 폭등하다, too, up 31%. But in the last 2 months, oil has plummeted $7. And gasoline, it’s down only a penny.
“The oil prices go down and we’re still paying more money. I don’t understand it. That the oil’s going down and the gas prices stand still 가만히 있다.” What’s going on? One explanation, the gas you see at the pump was actually bought by your gas station owner weeks ago when oil prices were high. They’re trying to make their money back. They’re also cutting prices only as quickly as their competition down the street.
“They all watch each other to figure out when they’re gonna move and they all try to be as slow as possible on the way down.” Oil industry executives 경영진 say that’s not gouging 사기 and that the US market for gas is still among the most competitive 경쟁적인 in the country. “There’re a lot of rumors, a lot of conspiracy theories 음모설 and so on 기타 등등. All those are just simply nonsense 허튼소리.”
Experts say oil prices are likely to stay lower than last year because the economy is slowing down. Good news for drivers, even if gas station owners are hanging on to 붙잡고 늘어지다 high prices as long as they can. For TODAY, Carl Quintanilla, CNBC,