It's the metal price that's clearly driving it. To some extent, costs are better, but metal prices are the game for an aluminum company.

They don?t want to show the real high price. They take the prices off the pumps so that people don't know what the price is before they get into the station.

Gasoline prices are still eating in the consumers' wallet, and fuel costs are now in the price of products that people buy, bringing about inflation worries. The consumer is going to be more budget conscious in the months ahead. They are going to shop around, or they are simply going to shop less.

To some extent, it's expedited the price increases.

As CPIX (consumer price index less mortgage costs) continues to surprise on the downside and oil prices come down, pressure to cut rates will rise again.

Clearly the baby boomer demographics are driving the phenomena.