U.S. Gasoline Demand Declined 0.8% Last Week, MasterCard Says
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U.S. gasoline demand fell 0.8 percent last week as average prices at the pump dropped 4 cents, according to MasterCard Inc.
Motorists bought 9.06 million barrels a day in the week ended Aug. 19, down from 9.14 million the previous week, the second-biggest payments network company said in its SpendingPulse report. Demand was down 4.2 percent from a year earlier.