AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report for Friday, 8/12/22

National Average Price for Regular Unleaded Current: $3.628; Month Ago: $3.848; Year Ago: $3.913. National Average Price for Diesel Current: $4.480; Month Ago: $4.514; Year Ago: $5.189.

The global oil benchmark flirted with the $80-a-barrel level again on Tuesday, underlining concerns that an unexpectedly strong crude rally could eventually begin to weigh on economic growth. The combination of renewed U.S. sanctions on Iran, potential sanctions on Venezuela, a rising geopolitical risk premium, strong demand and other factors have made talk of $100 crude sound less outlandish. Indeed, some analysts argue that the backdrop now leaves the market more open to potential price spikes. So what if oil did climb back to triple digits for the first time since 2014? Economists led by Arend Kapteyn at UBS laid it out in a wide-ranging note on Tuesday. Click Read More below for additional information.

American Dollar to Canadian Dollar = 0.810159; American Dollar to Chinese Yuan = 0.156347; American Dollar to Euro = 1.165368; American Dollar to Japanese Yen = 0.008787; American Dollar to Mexican Peso = 0.048868.