Gas is just the start: What else the Iran war could soon cost you

Ever since the US and Israel struck Iran, the jump in oil and gas prices has become a major focus for markets and consumers alike. But that’s only the top of a long list of goods that stand to get more expensive.

With oil prices shooting up, the cost to transport physical goods around the world has already increased and is poised to continue going up the longer the war continues.

And because many businesses are already absorbing most of the cost of tariffs enacted by the administration over the last year, they have little wiggle room for them to assume higher transportation costs, said

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