By Bailey Ketcham, News-Press NOW, Apr 2, 2020
Drivers in St. Joseph can go to a gas station and find gas for as little as $1.69 due to the low demand for oil during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gas prices started to drop when Saudi Arabia announced it would flood the market with extra oil and slash prices due to a price war with Russia. According to the American Automobile Association, the national average is below $2 a gallon.
Dr. Kara Grant, an assistant economics professor at º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø, said this would typically be the time for people to stock up on gas, but because many are quarantined, there’s less driving and less of a need for gas.
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