Analysis: Changes to summer demand muddle year-end gasoline projections

摘要

The traditional high-demand U.S. summer driving season isn't what itused to be, according to a number of gasoline traders and marketers.One of the clear surprises this year has been the dismal implieddemand numbers reported in the Energy Information Administration'sweekly statistics, which make it even more difficult to forecast U.S.demand over the final four months of the year.