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Spring. u.s. economic growth slowed and so did job creation. but, oil traders are now as worried about iran this time around. in fact, oil prices keep dropping down nearly $2 a barrel today. new signs of slower economic growth globally. lower oil demand and higher supplies from saudi arabia, libya, and even the u.s. are countering fears of reduced shipments by iran, shep. shepard: thankfully, gas prices have been taking a dive over the past couple of weeks, too. that s right. the summer driving season is over by a month or so. and recent pipeline and refinery problems have been fixed, helping to ease gas prices. they fell 12 and a half cents to $3.65 a gallon in the last week alone. the biggest weekly drop since 2008. we expect the national average, which today is at $3.65 to be between $3.40 and $3.50 by elections day. and by thanksgiving, between $3.25 and $3.40. ....
aisle seat. guest: plan ahead. you can get the seat next to your child or spouse if you plan ahead and if you do not, the airlines will say, you have to pay up. this is the airlines telling you, look, we have cut back on capacity to the point we are filling every seat on the airplane. good for them. they are making more money per passenger on the flights. these are private companies. we do not want the government to say you have an obligation to seat sally joe next to her father. that is not the way we want businesses to work in this country. and, come on, oil prices are still above $90 a barrel today, jet fuel costs soaring. the airlines continue to have regulations then at them and they are struggling to survive and we should be happy we have airlines that can still get us from point (a) to point (b) safely and, in many cases, timely. ....
What the meaning really is last night. bill: gas prices falling for the 52-week in a row, decline, rather that is easing some fears that we ll see more than $4 a gallon by the summer across the country. aaa national average, $3.76. still up 47 cents from the start of the year when we were at $3.29 a gallon. is the recent price drop good news or just a tease? stuart varney, fox business network. what gives out there? let me start with the good news, may i, bill? it is good news for drivers. it is good news for truckers and drivers because diesel is down as well. it is good news for consumer spending power. your money will go further. the point is that, i m sorry, regular gas is down about 20 cents a gallon since the end of march and it will probably go down some more. that s because the underlying price of oil has gone from $107 down to $96 a barrel today. so the good news is gas ....
Gallon of gas. the group has been ongoing and looking to see if there are appropriate manipulations of the market. interestingly, our attorney general who still refuses to investigate the heist in the history of the world being perpetrated by the banking system, he is looking into the public market speculation around the price of oil that oddly has moved higher in saber rattling. imagine that! oil amid-fears about war with iran, $106 a barrel today. soring 40% since october. yet making good for political football. families across the country feel the squeeze at the pump, which is why this price is so uniquely politically interesting for the ....
our fox news alert. the storm cloud growing over a possible nuclear cloud coming from iran directed at our allies, and a stern warning from a top iranian military officer, we do not wait for enemies to take action against us. all of this had crude oil surging near $106 a barrel today. iranian officials saying, u.n. inspectors will not be visiting the nuclear plants anytime soon. former cia operative wayne simmons on the phone. wane, there s lot 0s of developments do you believe an attack on iran by israel is imminent? the answer to that, stewart, is, no. if you mean by imminent, will it take place within the next 30 to 60 days, i say no, unless, unless israel finds a friend in the white house of the united states that supports the strike. insure. do you think that israel, if ....