{"id":70317,"date":"2026-03-29T09:01:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T14:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/29\/americans-struggle-as-iran-war-puts-strain-on-everyday-costs-im-worried-we-wont-make-it-through\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T09:01:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T14:01:38","slug":"americans-struggle-as-iran-war-puts-strain-on-everyday-costs-im-worried-we-wont-make-it-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/29\/americans-struggle-as-iran-war-puts-strain-on-everyday-costs-im-worried-we-wont-make-it-through\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans struggle as Iran war puts strain on everyday costs: \u2018I\u2019m worried we won\u2019t make it through\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, gas prices, grocery bills and mortgage rates have all climbed <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/us-israel-war-on-iran\">US-Israel war against Iran<\/a> has sent shockwaves through global markets, leaving many Americans grappling with a growing financial squeeze on everyday living costs.<\/p>\n<p>Following the US-Israeli strikes on Iran \u2013 prompting retaliatory attacks on US allies in the region and Iran\u2019s decision to close the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/mar\/16\/what-is-the-strait-of-hormuz-can-us-stop-iran-blocking-it\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a>, a critical maritime passage \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/mar\/04\/middle-east-crisis-petrol-groceries-rising-prices\">costs have surged <\/a>across the US. Gas prices, in particular, have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/mar\/26\/iran-war-us-gas-fuel-oil-fertilizer-prices\">spiked sharply<\/a>, with the national average rising by roughly 30% over the past month. Grocery bills, mortgage rates and fertilizer costs have also climbed.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/mar\/29\/americans-struggling-rising-costs-iran-war\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, gas prices, grocery bills and mortgage rates have all climbed The US-Israel war against Iran has sent shockwaves through global markets, leaving many Americans grappling with a growing financial squeeze on everyday living costs. Following the US-Israeli strikes on Iran \u2013 prompting retaliatory attacks on US allies in the &#8230; <a title=\"Americans struggle as Iran war puts strain on everyday costs: \u2018I\u2019m worried we won\u2019t make it through\u2019\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/29\/americans-struggle-as-iran-war-puts-strain-on-everyday-costs-im-worried-we-wont-make-it-through\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Americans struggle as Iran war puts strain on everyday costs: \u2018I\u2019m worried we won\u2019t make it through\u2019\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70317\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}