High gas costs spur debate, little else
Photo credit: AP | Michael Morris fuels up his car in Philadelphia. The national average for the price of gasoline jumped by nearly 12 cents per gallon in a week, with state averages above $4 per gallon in California, Alaska and Hawaii. (Feb. 24, 2012)
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It's been an up couple of months.
Stocks up, jobs up, confidence up -- all the economic arrows have been pointing in the right direction, even if they aren't quite soaring yet.
All, that is, but one: gas prices.
Nothing can slam the brakes on an early recovery like an extra dose of pain at the pump. Every extra nickel that goes into the family gas tank is one more nickel that isn't...
