Gasoline Prices Rise to a Seasonal Record
Oil prices fell from a two-year high on Monday after China announced its second interest rate hike since October to control inflation. Oil prices fell on concerns over a slowdown in China's booming economy. China is now the world's second largest consumer of oil, next to the United States, and its rate of oil usage is growing faster than that of the US. However, it is a different story for gasoline prices, which continued to climb higher. Nationwide, the average price for a gallon of a gasoline rose to $3.052. A year earlier, pump prices nationally were 44.5 cents lower.…