AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report for Friday, 6/23/23

National Average Price for Regular Unleaded Current: $2.188; Month Ago: $2.190; Year Ago: $2.603. National Average Price for Diesel Current: $2.423; Month Ago: $2.434; Year Ago: $2.945.

Prices are being affected by “a bullish oil-inventory report” from the U.S., said Michael Poulsen, an analyst at Global Risk Management Ltd. U.S. storage dropped by 4.62 million barrels to 425.3 million barrels last week, while outbound shipments of crude expanded to a record, according to an Energy Information Administration report Wednesday. The EIA data also showed that American oil production rose to an unprecedented 10.5 million barrels a day, topping the 10 million-barrel level for a ninth week. Global markets from equities to oil recovered after investor optimism grew that the U.S. and China will step back from the brink of a trade war. Click Read More below for additional information.

Oil slipped for a third day in New York, continuing its retreat from a three-year high, on estimates that U.S. crude stockpiles increased last week. “Strong U.S. crude supply growth…