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Gas Prices Jump nearly 20 Cents in a Week

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The average price for a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Bucks County spiked 17.8 cents since last week, according to AAA’s Fuel Gauge Report.

That increase since last Monday is the most dramatic one-week spike in nearly two years, the report states. The price surge was largely the result of higher crude oil prices and the “rubber-banding” of midcontinent retail gasoline prices, which fell dramatically to end the year and are now swinging back up.

Locally, the price per gallon average is $3.670. The national average went up 16.9 cents  from a week ago to $3.533 and the Pennsylvania average increased 13.7 cents to $3.670.

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In Northampton, the cheapest price for regular is $3.69 at Hess.

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2/05/13

WEEK AGO

YEAR AGO

National

$3.533

$3.364

$3.480

Pennsylvania

$3.670

$3.533

$3.558

Bucks/Montgomery Area

$3.670

$3.492

$3.559

Lehigh Valley

$3.669

$3.532

$3.556

 


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