{"id":853695,"date":"2021-10-06T17:44:29","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T21:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=853695"},"modified":"2021-10-06T17:44:31","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T21:44:31","slug":"gas-prices-hit-7-year-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-hit-7-year-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas Prices Hit 7-Year High"},"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\">10<\/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%2Fgas-prices-hit-7-year-high%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=853695&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Gasoline-scaled-e1633552331778.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Gas prices have reached a seven-year high, skyrocketing nearly 50 percent over the last year.<\/p>\n<p>The national average price of gas on Wednesday hit $3.22, <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/\">according<\/a> to AAA, up from $2.18 just a year ago. The spike comes as oil prices have surged in recent weeks to their highest level since 2018. Analysts say the elevated energy prices can be attributed to a global shortage of natural gas, which has <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/oil-prices-reach-3-year-high-amid-fuel-shortages\/\">heightened<\/a> demand for alternative fuel sources such as oil.<\/p>\n<p>The increase in energy prices has worsened the economy&#8217;s inflation, which is at a 13-year high. The price of energy commodities climbed nearly 42 percent over the last year, the Labor Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/cpi.nr0.htm\">reported<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has faced criticism for the country&#8217;s surge in energy costs. During his first days in office, President Joe Biden banned new natural gas and oil permits on federal lands and blocked construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, which would have expanded the U.S. oil supply. Nearly 80 percent of voters blame the president for the country&#8217;s inflation hike, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/poll-nearly-80-percent-of-voters-say-biden-responsible-for-inflation-spike\/\">according<\/a> to an August Fox News poll.<\/p>\n<p>Some analysts warn energy prices will push inflation even higher in the winter months, when demand for fuel increases.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am actually getting quite concerned as we head into winter \u2026 we could see a very sharp spike in energy prices into the last quarter,&#8221; Jeffrey Halley, senior market analyst at OANDA Asia Pacific Pte., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-09-16\/stagflation-fears-cast-longer-shadow-on-markets-as-energy-surges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> Bloomberg last month. &#8220;That may feed through into ever more inflation.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gas prices have reached a seven-year high, skyrocketing nearly 50 percent over the last year. 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