@nprofile1q... I'm actually a little bit confused about the gas prices thing. Some places have taken a big hit definitely, but overall they're still shockingly low considering the situation. What exactly is going on? Did they start pulling from a reserve but hide the fact they're doing so? Is it something else?
As for the stock markets, there's an ongoing trick to convince people that the stock markets are "the economy." They aren't, but people believe it.