George Murphy of Consumers for Fair Gas Prices is expecting prices to rise by about a 1.5 cents per litre

A small jump at the gasoline pump is expected this week.

That's according to George Murphy of Consumers for Fair Gas Prices who is expecting prices to rise by about a 1.5 cents per litre.

Murphy says despite the coming increase, he is expecting prices to remain relatively stable.

"I think that what you see now is what you're going to get for the next couple of weeks anyway until we get something more concrete," said Murphy. "Everybody has been talking about a world economic slowdown and that's showing in oil prices."

In New Brunswick prices jumped by 2.2 cents to a new maximum price of 121.8.