After weeks of increases, and in the middle of the economic certainty due to market volatility, the national average price for a gallon of regular gas fell to $3.246 on Tuesday, according to AAA. 

This was a greater than 2-cent drop from Friday when the cost of regular gas was $3.268 per gallon. It marked the second consecutive weekday of decreases at the pumps. Despite the recent drop, gas prices are still more expensive than a week ago, when a gallon of regular gas was $3.201.