{"id":1360487,"date":"2022-03-06T07:28:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T12:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1360487"},"modified":"2022-03-06T07:38:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-06T12:38:12","slug":"increase-in-gas-prices-last-friday-the-largest-single-day-increase-since-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/increase-in-gas-prices-last-friday-the-largest-single-day-increase-since-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Increase in Gas Prices Last Friday the Largest Single Day Increase Since 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fincrease-in-gas-prices-last-friday-the-largest-single-day-increase-since-2016%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1360487&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"contain\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>University of Louisville economics professor Alexei Izyumov predicts the oil market will bring inflation and interest rates even higher.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/oil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prices at the pump <\/a>have climbed 23 cents nationwide over the course of the week despite efforts by several governments to quell the rise in oil. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Friday&#8217;s prices, up 11 cents from Thursday, marked the single largest day increase, since 2016, according to AAA data.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foxbusiness.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ON FOX BUSINESS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The average price of a regular gallon of gasoline increased to $3.84, which steadily climbed over the week from $3.61 on Monday, according to AAA data.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Prices are up $1.08 compared to this time last year, inching closer to costing $4 on average for a regular gallon of gasoline.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/931\/523\/FBN_FS_CHART_BAR_Vertical_NAT_AVG_GAS_PRICES_d-00000002.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>However, the last time the national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline hit that mark was in 2008, when prices notched to $4.11, according to AAA.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There have been widespread fears that sanctions placed on Russia would threaten the global oil market, already facing a tight supply, and eventually drive up gas prices for U.S. motorists. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/live-news\/stocks-today-3-3-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>the <\/u><\/a>United States and other countries agreed to release 60 million barrels of crude from stockpiles to stabilize supplies, but it failed to calm anxiety over Russia\u2019s attack on Ukraine as oil prices still rose.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, oil prices topped $113 in trading.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i>The Associated Press contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Louisville economics professor Alexei Izyumov predicts the oil market will bring inflation and interest rates even higher. 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