The national average price for a gallon of regular gas continued to climb, with five straight days of increases at the pumps. According to AAA, the new price for regular gas on Friday is $3.157 per gallon, nearly three cents per gallon more expensive than a week ago, when a gallon of regular gas cost $3.129.
Fuel costs have increased approximately eight cents per gallon since March 18, when the national average price for regular gas was $3.078. This was two days after the Trump administration touted how low gas prices were throughout the country, specifically recognizing it as a four-year-low cost for March gas prices. Almost as soon as this was promoted, gas prices began to increase again. Friday’s price for a gallon of regular gas costs more than a month ago, when it was $3.114 per gallon.
