prices. $65 and what, two or three weeks ago it was like $48. from 3.19 to 3.29 then 3.49, 3.59. then today s this. i don t even want to come outside anymore. reporter: the national average up 30 cents in just the last 30 days. enough for tammi campbell to feel the pain at the pump in portland, oregon where gas is hovering around 4.73 a gallon. it has been a little crazy. it seems like it keeps going up. and then everything s going up. grgroceries. and d our pay jujust kind ofof the sasame. so it s dedefinitely h hurting pocketbookok. reporteter: many ofof the nanation s oilil refineries are desisigned to opoperate between and 95 degrees. weeks of triple-digit heat forced some to reduce production. just as saudi arabia cut back on oil exports, reducing global supply and helping drive up the price of crude. all of that combined made this sort of perfect storm for gas prices to go up in the way
The voter turnout of over 44.73 per cent was recorded till 1 pm in the ongoing polling for 59 assembly constituencies in Meghalaya, the Election Commission informed on Monday.
MANILA-Converge moved to the top of the PBA Governors' Cup standings after escaping with a 111-109 win against Magnolia at the Ynares Center in Antipolo City on Sunday night. Clutch moments from Jamaal Franklin turned out to be the cushion the FiberXers needed to frustrateseveral Hotshots' attemptsto steal the match. With Converge up, 106-104, Franklin trapped Rome Dela Rosa into fouling him while taking a three-pointer. The import went 2-for-3 to raise the lead to four with 2:03 left. Paul Lee missed out on bringing the gap back to two as he split from his own trip to the charity stripe before Franklin sank a high-arching triple with 1:04 remaining for a 111-105 Converge cushion. Eric McCree, however, made four straight points to cut the lead to two with 30.9 seconds left even as the Magnolia defense forced Franklin to a crucial turnover, giving the Hotshots 10.4 seconds to at least force overtime. McCree, however, missed on a desperate three-point attempt as time expired. Fra
dana: 59% of americans say the economy is getting worse according to a new poll. 40 year high inflation take a toll on family budgets. let s bring in maria bartiromo on mornings with maria on fox business. gas prices in california now at $4.73. on average a year ago $3.4. the ripple effect of energy costs is being felt throughout the economy. that s right. good morning. i think you are hitting on exactly the right point. the fact that gasoline prices are up 40 plus% year-over-year is undermining any increase in wages that consumers have seen and that is why they are looking at an economy that they believe to be weakening. we did get new data out this morning. one of the data points is troubling. that is housing starts. this is new construction.
borrowing. remember, that is the difference between what the government earns in taxes under the revenues, versus what it has to pay out in public spending, things like job support schemes and business loans right now. that came in at £24.73 loans right now. that came in at £24.3 billion, 19 billion lower than the same time last year. that gives you a sense of may versus may. if we put it on the next graph, into context of the whole previous decade, if we look over previous years, you start to get a sense of why 2020 has been so bad for our public finances. the government, borrowing nearly £300 billion into march, and you will see how it compares to previous years, the highest ever level since the end of world war ii. what does that mean for debt, the amount of money that we go as a country? government debt over the year, hitting £2.2 trillion. that is 99% of gdp, the