AAA reports a national average retail price of $2.45 per gallon. That’s down a fraction of a cent from Monday’s price, which marked a formal end to the 40-day streak in price increases. U.S. gasoline prices fell in parallel with oil prices last year. A record-breaking streak in falling prices at the pump ended in late January when prices started to move above the floor price of $2.04 per gallon nationally. Oil prices at the end of January also reached their historic bottom and started to move back above the $50 per barrel mark. U.S. refineries at the beginning of February start a regular maintenance period as they shift from producing a winter blend of gasoline to a summer blend, which is more expensive to produce because of steps needed to prevent […]