by the trade war with china. as a result the dow lost 0.7% for the week. it was the longest losing streak since 2011. second steepest rise in gas prices in this country has hate pl the holiday the holiday weekend begins with national average at 2.85 a gallon which is a dime less than a year ago. the average price rose 67 cents. lawmakers on capitol hill work on legislation to lower drug prices, california has lowered the price of insulin. it can t exceed $100. there was a sudden surge of insulin prices nationwide. tariffs on $200 billion worth of chinese imports will hit american wallets pretty the hard. the average household could pay $831 more per year. that s about five trips to the grocery store, maybe 19 times