Amazon's Fuel Surcharge: The War Arrives at Your Shopping Cart
Amazon will charge third-party sellers a 3.5% fuel surcharge starting April 17 — the clearest sign that the Iran war has reached American consumers.
Economy
The War at the Pump: R22.53 Per Litre and May Will Be Worse
South Africa's April fuel prices hit R22.53/litre for coastal petrol and R23.36 inland after the R3.06 increase — and May forecasts are already worse.
Brent Swung Between $100 and $110 -- the War Premium Is Now the Market
Brent traded a $10 range on a single day, opening at $100.30 and hitting $109.71 -- the war premium is no longer a premium, it is the price.
Gas at $4.06 -- the Highest Since 2022 and the War Is Five Weeks Old
National average gas hit $4.06 and diesel $5.45 -- five weeks into an unauthorized war that most Americans did not know was coming.
Diesel at $5.45 a Gallon. The Freight Industry Absorbs the Hit First.
Diesel has climbed to $5.45/gallon -- up 45% from pre-war levels -- and truckers are absorbing the cost before it reaches grocery shelves and construction sites.
Liberation Day Plus One Year: $166 Billion Collected, 100,000 Manufacturing Jobs Lost, Struck Down by the Court
One year and one day after Liberation Day, the tariffs collected $166 billion, shed 100,000 manufacturing jobs, and were ruled unconstitutional -- the refunds have not started.