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Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 16Gas, Diesel Prices Set to Jump as U.S.-Led Iran War Enters More Damaging Phase
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 16Summary
- Analysts said gasoline and diesel prices are poised for sharp increases as the economic effects of the U.S.-led war on Iran begin to intensify.
- The warning points to a new phase of the conflict that could prove even more economically damaging than earlier disruptions.
- Forecasts of pain lasting beyond November’s midterms clash with the Trump administration’s more optimistic public messaging.
- The expected fuel-price surge underscores how the war’s impact is spreading from the battlefield into household and business costs.
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As the Iran war disrupts major oil routes, will the sudden fuel squeeze force gas prices above five dollars a gallon? With Saudi Arabia's critical pipeline crippled, could skyrocketing diesel costs trigger a global supply chain collapse this winter? Is the real global energy crisis a shortage of crude oil, or a dangerous lack of backup refining capacity?