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The average full tank of gas now costs about $14 less than it did when pump prices were at their peak in mid-June, the AAA auto club said Monday.

Prices have fallen 62 cents per gallon since early June, the AAA auto club said Monday.

Gasoline prices have dropped for four straight weeks, the longest decline since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Analysts said oil prices fell last week after the Federal Reserve increased interest rates, indicating that the markets fear a recession.

The average price statewide jumped 18 cents last week to a record $4.76 per gallon on Sunday. Duval County's average price was about a penny less.

Four in 10 Floridians surveyed by the AAA auto club said gas prices might keep them from leaving. The news came as forecasters suggested a potential storm in the Gulf could track toward Florida.

The average price of regular unleaded in Florida is around $4.07 a gallon — 10 cents lower than last week.

Jacksonville city leaders on Tuesday voted 5-13 against repealing a 6-cent gas tax increase that will pay for improvements to parks, mass transit, dangerous intersections and resilience efforts to protect against flooding.

The predicted 20- to 30-cent drop will be more like 10 to 20 cents, the AAA auto club says. It turns out that investors' fears about the omicron variant have dissipated.

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