Gasoline prices hit a stumbling block at midweek following Department of Energy data that show higher crude stocks and increased refinery production.rnThe data didn't offer much to anyone keying in on oil demand recovery as a sign that the U.S. economy is on solid ground.rnTo be sure, the economic picture does look better, but oil demand figures for gasoline are lackluster at best.rnDOE showed lower weekly deliveries and year-to-date gasoline demand is trailing 2009 levels by 0.7%. Further complicating the picture, IEA forecasts U.S. gasoline demand to have negative growth of 0.6% annually from now through 2015.
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