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Study: Lower-income Americans are using less gas but being hit the hardest by the price spike

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.

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