Gas prices continue climbing - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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reports that a gallo n of regular rose 6 cents in Floridw during the week endedMay 30, hittin $2.48. That is 40 cents more than a montyh ago, but a long way from the $3.965 a gallon selling price a year ago. In the price was $2.42, nearly 40 centas higher than $2.04 a month ago, accordint to AAA. However, gas was selling for $3.89i a year ago in Nationally, the average cost of a gallon of regular was 8 cents more than aweek earlier. The cost of crudse oil is the key factor in the Crude closedat $66.3q a barrel on the last week, up $4.64 over the pricse a week earlier.
Economists speculate that signs of an economic recoverty could be driving the price As theeconomy rebounds, demand for fuel is likeluy to increase. Tom Kloza, publishere of , said that the current high price of gasoline is unlikelyhto stick, since the current price is being pushed by a run up in crude oil prices and not an increase in consumer