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Last updated: 2026-03-03 23:43:09 ET
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Updated Mar 3, 2026 10:01 PM ET
U.S. average gas prices recorded their biggest single-day surge in four years as the Iran conflict rattled energy markets. Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari, citing the inflationary precedent of Russia's Ukraine invasion, said he wants to wait and assess before committing to rate cuts — though one or two reductions later in 2025 remain possible.
Higher pump prices act as a direct consumer tax, compressing discretionary spending and threatening retail and consumer staples margins. The Fed's hawkish pause signal pushes rate-sensitive sectors — housing, utilities, REITs — further into the red.
A war-driven energy shock arriving on top of existing tariff inflation creates a stagflationary bind for the Fed, limiting its ability to cushion any growth slowdown with rate cuts.
Motorists are already on high alert for any changes to prices for gasoline at the pump as the U.S. conflict with Iran spreads beyond last weekend’s ...
The US President said he was taking steps to keep energy supplies flowing as oil and gas prices continued to surge.
America's average gas price saw its largest single-day jump in 4 years
Financial markets are now pricing in months of higher gasoline prices, and panic is spreading.
Oil prices have soared more than14% this week as tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has ground to a halt. European natural gas has soared mor...
U.S. LNG producers have flexible capacity that plays a crucial role in moments of crisis like the current war in Iran.
The average price for a gallon of gasoline jumped 11 cents overnight to about $3.11 in the U.S., according to motor club AAA
Disruption to global energy supplies and the prospect of an ever-widening conflict in the Middle East has sent crude-oil and natural-gas futures highe...
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Crude oil prices are surging due to the Iran war, pushing up prices at the pump across the U.S., according to AAA.
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