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Average U.S. price of gas rises 5 cents per gallon to $3.21
By The Associated Press
July 12, 2021CAMARILLO, Calif. — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline rose a nickel over the past two weeks, to $3.21 per gallon.
Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday that gas prices will likely hold steady now that crude oil costs have stopped rising.
The price at the pump is 97 cents higher than it was a year ago.
Gas prices at an Arco station in Los Angeles. The rapid run-up in gas prices comes at a delicate moment for the U.S. economy, which was already experiencing the fastest inflation in years. (Da'Shaunae Marisa/The New York Times)
Nationwide, the highest average price for regular-grade gas is in the San Francisco Bay Area, at $4.39 per gallon. The lowest average is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at $2.65 per gallon.
The average price of diesel in the survey taken Friday was $3.30 a gallon, up 3 cents from two weeks earlier.
