| U.S. retail gasoline prices hit a record
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| | gallon.
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| high for the second week in a row and
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| | The latest EIA pump price also equals the
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| matched the inflation-adjusted peak
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| | all-time high fuel cost of $3.22 a
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| reached in the early 1980s during the
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| | gallon, when adjusted for inflation,
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| Iran-Iraq war, the government said on
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| | reached in March 1981 after war erupted
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| Monday, as concern about low motor fuel
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| | between Iran and Iraq.
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| supplies pushed up pump costs.
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| | Gasoline prices have skyrocketed $1.05 a
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| The average price for regular unleaded
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| | gallon since the beginning of February
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| gasoline soared 11.5 cents over the last
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| | and are up 33 cents from a year ago.
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| week to a fresh record of $3.22 a gallon,
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| | With several large refineries down this
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| according to the federal Energy
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| | spring for maintenance or shut by
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| Information Administration's nationwide
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| | problems, gasoline production has been
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| survey of 800 service stations.
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| | reduced, cutting into available supplies.
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| The much larger Lundberg industry survey
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| | However, the high pump prices are
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| of 7,000 stations showed the national
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| | attracting gasoline imports, which
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| price of gasoline jumped 11.4 cents over
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| | recently hit the fifth highest weekly
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| the last two weeks to a record $3.18 a
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| | level ever at 1.5 million barrels a day.
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