The national average price for unleaded is $3.38 a gallon, an 8 percent drop since the end of June. Consumers pumped $40 billion of gasoline in September of 2013, and experts say the September 2014 total could be as much as $2 billion less, which could stimulate spending in other areas of the economy, Bloomberg BusinessWeek reported.
The decline is due to a 16 percent drop in International crude oil prices since June. Crude makes up 66 percent of the cost of a gallon of gas, Bloomberg Businessweek said.
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