Travelers will likely encounter packed highways this Fourth of July weekend as a record number of people hit the road. But the good news is that gasoline prices are cheaper this year.
The national average price of gas was $3.55 per gallon on Thursday, down from $4.87 one year ago, according to AAA.
"Gasoline prices are about $1.30 less this year compared to last," AAA Northeast Senior Manager Robert Sinclair Jr. told Yahoo Finance Live on Thursday. He noted thatSinclair said that while car travel is still popular, travelers have less money for non-essential driving due to inflation."People for the holiday, they will be traveling, but for the rest of the year, they’re pulling back a bit as far as the road trips are concerned," he added.
The decline in driving fuel costs comes during a downward trend in crude oil amid concerns of a recession. West Texas Intermediate was trading just north of $70 per barrel on Thursday versus one year ago when it closed at $109.78. "Economic growth, particularly in China, has been disappointing year-to-date, and this has weighed on oil demand," Peter McNally, global sector lead for industrials, materials, and energy at Third Bridge, told Yahoo Finance.
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