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carbocation on Sept 9, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: What is up with U.S. retail gasoline deliveries?

There's not much context, but I'm struck by the fact that this appears to have been a (very modest) leading indicator before the Great Recession.

anonymoushn on Sept 9, 2012 [–]

I'm not sure it was a useful one. There is a similar dip in the early 90s that doesn't seem to correspond to much.

carbocation on Sept 9, 2012 | [–]

Perhaps sensitive but nonspecific?

001sky on Sept 9, 2012 | | [–]

look at historical prices, my guess is they were spiking

[yes, from $1.XX in '05 to $4.XX in '08]

edit: citation

http://66.70.86.64/ChartServer/ch.gaschart?Country=Canada...

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