AAA Hawaii Poll: High Gas Prices, Economy Affect Holiday Shopping Budgets and Behaviors
Personal Finance, Picture Gallery Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
HONOLULU, HI — (Marketwire) — 11/02/11 — High gas prices are weighing on many local consumers- minds as they plan their holiday shopping lists, according to AAA Hawaii-s Third Annual Holiday Shopping Poll.Seventy-one percent of those surveyed said that high gas prices are currently having a significant effect on their household budget — slightly lower than the 74 percent in May of this year who said gas prices were impacting their budgets. At that time, Hawaii gas prices were averaging mor
