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With the national average price of gas creeping up to $4/gal, look for already price-conscious consumers to become increasingly savvy about how they spend, particularly among the 79.3% who say their budgets have been affected by prices at the pump (rising from 70.0% in Apr-10). This month's most popular ways to cut back include taking fewer shopping trips (45.2%), shopping closer to home (41.7%), shopping for sales more often (40.8%), using coupons more (37.5%), and opting for store brands/generics more often (34.3%).
Four in five consumers (81.8%) expect gas prices to ramp up by the end of the month…15.8% think they'll remain stable, while a mere 2.3% are optimistic for a price decrease. Drivers are expecting an average pump price of $3.99/gal at the close of April, up from their $3.83/gal forecast for the end of March.
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