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PD Moderator	Message Posted: Jun 28, 2012 11:58:24 AM Ignore PD Report Abuse If you've been asking where gasoline prices will be going this autumn and winter, you aren't alone. In fact, so many are asking, that we're posting this publicly to let everyone know that we are, yes, working on a late-2012 gasoline price forecast, and do expect it to be complete in the near future. Many are also asking what goes into making a forecast, and how analysis of such is possible. I'll seek to answer a bit of how I forecast gasoline prices. First, experience and past history comes in to play. Before making a forecast, I pour over my past forecasts to see how they played out. How close were we to previous forecasts. Looking at our summer gasoline forecast, which was released in January, we had many of the numbers... Visit GasBuddy Blog for full article

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If you've been asking where gasoline prices will be going this autumn and winter, you aren't alone. In fact, so many are asking, that we're posting this publicly to let everyone know that we are, yes, working on a late-2012 gasoline price forecast, and do expect it to be complete in the near future.

Many are also asking what goes into making a forecast, and how analysis of such is possible. I'll seek to answer a bit of how I forecast gasoline prices.

First, experience and past history comes in to play. Before making a forecast, I pour over my past forecasts to see how they played out. How close were we to previous forecasts. Looking at our summer gasoline forecast, which was released in January, we had many of the numbers...

Visit GasBuddy Blog for full article

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ZeroBoxes Champion Author Mississippi Posts:1,069 Points:211,390 Joined:Apr 2012	Message Posted: Aug 15, 2012 7:26:06 AM Ignore ZeroBoxes Report Abuse I too am in the forecast business of prices and I'm using a weighted average model based on 5-year weekly historic variance-averages focused on thesis results of +/-15 cents. Numbers can be your firends.. and yes, I like Pi!
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honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:18,609 Points:1,608,545 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Jun 30, 2012 5:23:29 AM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse still currently dropping, but then, so were the prices last year.
Sampson20 Rookie Author Florida Posts:14 Points:7,330 Joined:Jun 2012	Message Posted: Jun 29, 2012 8:59:46 PM Ignore Sampson20 Report Abuse Too many influences. When something is driven not by supply and demand but by speculation and political whims it isn't bound by logic or equations.
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cowboy1ttu Champion Author Lubbock Posts:17,925 Points:2,674,685 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Jun 29, 2012 12:11:36 PM Ignore cowboy1ttu Report Abuse I forecast at around 8 this morning on here that prices would go up. Well right now oil is up over $6 a barrel. Gas prices sure won't go down with this oil rise so I guess I'm a psychic.
ciimike Champion Author Nevada Posts:4,638 Points:1,062,060 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Jun 29, 2012 12:05:51 PM Ignore ciimike Report Abuse With the volatile economy and political structures in the world, a best guess is all one can hope for.
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crep1291 Champion Author Ottawa Posts:2,578 Points:480,800 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Jun 29, 2012 11:07:36 AM Ignore crep1291 Report Abuse Perhaps if you were to give us probabilistic curves (or at least an average and standard deviation), that would be more helpful than a single one-off prediction.
radiorumor Champion Author Texas Posts:2,802 Points:752,660 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Jun 29, 2012 11:04:17 AM Ignore radiorumor Report Abuse I can tell you it won’t be $1.75 without any figuring and that comes from experience and past history too.
amayne11 Champion Author Vancouver Posts:1,751 Points:498,700 Joined:Nov 2011	Message Posted: Jun 29, 2012 11:03:33 AM Ignore amayne11 Report Abuse I hope the future gas prices are low or lower, but I would rather have a job with high gas prices then no job with low gas prices.
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LVNV6ofSpades Champion Author Las Vegas Posts:1,624 Points:362,260 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Jun 29, 2012 11:02:02 AM Ignore LVNV6ofSpades Report Abuse Gas prices will continue to fall til Election Day then skyrocket back up. Been that way for the last few cycles it seems.
cheli2010 All-Star Author Twin Cities Posts:625 Points:286,490 Joined:Mar 2010	Message Posted: Jun 29, 2012 11:01:58 AM Ignore cheli2010 Report Abuse it is all just speculation.. bottom line they will charge what they will charge to make a profit.
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