<div><div class="articlePluckHidden" read="5.47"><p>Unlike other kinds of consumer spending, gasoline purchases provide less benefit for the US economy. About half the revenue flows to oil-exporting countries like Saudi Arabia and Canada, though US oil companies and gasoline retailers also benefit.</p></div></div><p><strong>Read more:</strong> <a class="rssreadon" rel="external" title="Surging oil prices squeezing a still-recovering economy" href="http://www.boston.com/business/markets/articles/2011/04/07/surging_oil_prices_squeezing_a_still_recovering_economy" target="_blank">http://www.boston.com/business/markets/articles/2011/04/07/surging_oil_prices_squeezing_a_still_recovering_economy</a></p>