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GeneralHellenic Shipping News·about 1 hour ago

Lower-income Americans hit hardest by gas price spike, widening inequalities, study finds

Hellenic Shipping News

Lower-income Americans sharply reduced their gas consumption in the month following the Iran war, yet spiking prices still forced them to spend more at the pump, worsening the economy’s economic disparities, new research released Wednesday showed. Higher-income households, meanwhile, ratcheted up their spending on gas