Catching you up on today's top business headlines with the TSA having screened its highest number of travelers since before the pandemic even as staffing shortages at airlines lead to mass cancellations, the national average gas price falling below $5, and signed contracts on homes rising in May.

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In Business: Air Travel Boom, Gas Falls Under $5 & Home Buying Still Hot

where nearly 2.5 million travelers passing through airport security checkpoints on sunday and friday saw similar numbers, the 2.46 million air passengers at T. S. A screen sunday does mark the highest daily number of passengers since february of 2020. That was right before the pandemic. Airports are higher volume while airlines deal with major staffing shortages leading to mass cancelations and delays. Airlines canceled more than 700 flights today alone, thousands more delayed and delta and united some more than 100 cancelations each this summer. Excuse me. I expected to see record demand for travel after two years of the pandemic. While airlines do attend to keep up and from the air to the ground, The average price now of a regular gallon of gasoline in the U. S. Slipping, but just a little bit. The national average today is $4.90. That's falling for a second day in a row. A little bit of good news. But analysts say customers may see prices drop further as inflation fears grown oil prices dipped. Still, americans are paying nearly two whole dollars more per gallon than they were just a year ago. And as a result of these higher prices, gas stations are holding more of your money when you pay with a credit card. Some stations increase holdings by as much as 40%. That's up to $175. And gas stations hold funds on your card working the same way as a security deposit to ensure that you have enough money to pay for the gas that you're putting in your car. Well, the change could mean a greater risk of over drafting something. A lot of consumers should be on the lookout for. Let's turn to housing pending home sales rising in May for the first time in six months, surprise increase likely due to mortgage rates dipping a little bit last month after rising steadily all year. Well, more available homes coming on the market and active inventory was higher as well. So in other words, Tom's generally stayed on the market for a longer period of time And pending home sales looked at signed contracts on existing homes. Well, the number is up from April, it does remain more than 13% below May of 2021.