Survey: Gas price stability trend continues

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) Gas prices have remained steady over the past two weeks, with pump prices rising less than one cent to continue a six-month stabilizing trend, an industry analyst has said.

The average price for gas nationwide, including all grades and taxes, was $1.4566, according to the Lundberg Survey of 8,000 stations nationwide. That was just a .57 cent increase from Sept. 13.

``The national average is continuing in a narrow range of change of less than three pennies over a six month duration,'' analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday. ``Nationally, the price has remained remarkably steady since April 5.''

Prices have remained practically constant since early April, when a gallon of gas cost about $1.46, she said.

If the United States engages in military action with Iraq, the fluctuating gas prices of past years will likely return, Lundberg said.

``This relative lack of price volatility might later be remembered as the calm before the storm,'' she said.

The national weighted average price of gasoline, including taxes, at self-serve pumps Friday was about $1.42 per gallon for regular, $1.52 for mid-grade and $1.61 for premium.

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