31.   Gasoline futures prices soared Tuesday on the New York Mercantile Exchange as a shortage of quality reformulated gasoline prompted a scramble to replenish dwindling inventories.

32.   However, analysts suggested that OPEC is not likely to pump enough barrels for importers to meet current demand while also replenishing oil inventories.

33.   The tightness in gasoline supplies has market players worried that refiners will be unable to replenish inventories in time for the peak summer driving season.

34.   They, however, are expected to recover in the last quarter, when demand picks up and major consumers start replenishing their inventories.

35.   Lower energy prices and interest rates, a healthy financial system, and the need to replenish depleted inventories would all combine to fuel economic growth, he said.