and that is actually not good for shorter-term growth. > brent schutte from bmo harris. thanks so much. > > thank you. still ahead, christmas may have come early for drivers. gasoline prices are headed lower. more on that next. w prices at the pump continue to slide. gas prices are down 3 cents on average nationwide to $3.37. the ever-energetic phil flynn of price futures group and a fox business news contributor joins us this morning. good morning phil. > > good morning! am i bringing good news to america. merry christmas! > we love this for a monday phil. so what is going on with gas supplies? > > it is called reefer madness-no! it's refiner madness! > there you go. > > last week, refiners rose to the occasion. in the aftermath of hurricane sandy, of course, the markets were screaming, "we need more gasoline! supplies are below normal! the east coast needs gasoline." so refining merchants went through the roof. what did the refiners do? they were refining gasoline not like we were going into thanksgiving and christmas. they work refining like we were going into the fou