Metrics measuring consumer demand for fuels and related products in the United States were indicative of an improving economy, a trade group said. The American Petroleum Institute reported total petroleum deliveries, a measure of demand, gained 0.1 percent to 19.7 million barrels per day, its highest level since 2008. Total motor gasoline deliveries, a measure of consumer demand, was up to its second-highest level in nine years to 8.9 million bpd. “Crude oil production broke the 9 million barrels per day threshold for the first time since March 2016,” API Chief Economist Erica Bowman said in a statement . “This increase in production combined with more widespread jobs gains is good news for the economy, which appears to be moving […]