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Will the U. S. national average gasoline price hit $4 per gallon by the Fourth of July?

Settled as Yes

http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pri_gnd_dcus_nus_w.htm

Background:

CNN reported that, according to a survey by The Civil Society Institute, 71% of Americans expect summer gas prices to hit $4 a gallon. However, John Kidulff, energy analyst for MF Global is quoted as stating that $4 by summer is not likely.
 
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Yes
97%
No
3%
Activity: H$64,685
Settled as Yes on Sun 8th Jun 5:50am PDT
All questions are settled by Hubdub according to settlement info provided by the question creator.

Settlement details: As reported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration. http://www.eia.doe.gov/

Suspend date: Fri 4th Jul 1pm PDT

Settlement date: Sun 8th Jun 5:50am PDT

Initial likelihoods: Yes: 30%

Action history:

Created Wed 30th Jan 1:24pm PST by smidge76
Settlement requested Sun 8th Jun 5:43am PDT by Erik: "Will the U. S. national average gasoline price hit $4 per gallon by the Fourth of July?"
Nope...nothing about regular gas, only.
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pri_gnd_dcus_nus_w.htm $4.026
This is settled as "Yes"
Settled as 'Yes' Sun 8th Jun 5:50am PDT by andrew: http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pri_gnd_dcus_nus_w.htm
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Comments (9)

  1 crowe
http://www.fuelgaugereport.com/

posted 20 weeks ago
http://www.gasbuddy.com/
posted 20 weeks ago
requesting settlement as yes please.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Gasoline rose to a milestone mark Sunday as the national average compiled by motorist group AAA reached $4 a gallon for the first time in history...

http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/08/news/economy/gas_prices/index.htm?cnn=yes
posted 13 weeks ago
The settlement source is EIA - at their last update it was at 3.976 on the 2nd. I think greater than 4 dollars at the next release (tomorrow I believe) is pretty darn likely, so feel free to put the h$ on. But this isn't quite ready to settle.
posted 13 weeks ago
  7 bayoubear[Admin]
Yep...you're right Jenni....the source is the EIA, Energy Information Administration, and they release their numbers every Monday...so once that's released, we'll know for sure....and the number I've been using for this is for "Gasoline-All Grades" which last week on June 2 was $4.026 . . . now if Smidge intended to use the results for 'regular' gas only, you would be correct in saying that it was only $3.976.

There's a lot of different numbers out there, so you really do need to be specific about which source will be used and what set of data will be the mark to be used.

Either way...it will definitely be $4 by the 4th, if not already, by tomorrow for sure!
posted 13 weeks ago
  8 Erik
"Will the U. S. national average gasoline price hit $4 per gallon by the Fourth of July?"
Nope...nothing about regular gas, only.
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pri_gnd_dcus_nus_w.htm $4.026
posted 13 weeks ago
Thank you Erik, that decision & source is more consistent with the reporting on the topic than the original link listed in the subtitle of the market (which implied Regular gas only). The decision has the Hubdub market closing with the reporting of the U.S. hitting $4 a gallon for the first time. Good job.

posted 13 weeks ago

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