Gas Prices Expected to Plunge Before Midterms
  • 5 years ago
Gas Prices Expected
to Plunge Before Midterms Prices could sink as low as
$2 a gallon at some stations. Tom Kloza, Oil Price Information Service analyst,
via 'USA Today' In October, gas prices
came close to a four-year high. The national average
per gallon on Friday
was $2.78. Due in part to
sharply lower oil prices, Close to 1000 stations around
the country could be charging
less than $2.25 by Thursday. On Tuesday, voters will
head out to cast ballots for
the 2018 midterm elections. Analysts expect the
relief at the pump
to be temporary. President Donald Trump's
order to reimpose sanctions
on Iran could cause oil prices to jump.
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