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No matter which way prices are going — and which way they go next — the cost of fuel simply doesn’t have much to do with who is in office.

The world consumes up to 100 million barrels of oil a day, so taking 1 million off the market would have a noticeable effect.

After 99 consecutive days of declining gasoline prices, the cost for a gallon has edged a penny higher.

Analysts expect prices will continue to fall in the short term, but things get a lot more complicated further out.

Refining capacity in the U.S. is about one million barrels a day below what it was prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The drop doesn’t signal a rapid descent to the low prices of 2021, but drivers could see modest decreases continue in the coming weeks.