{
  "id": 14507322,
  "title": "Gasoline Surge Tests Consumers With Little Left in the Tank",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/gasoline-surge-tests-consumers-with-little-left-in-the-tank",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-14T18:04:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PYMNTS",
    "slug": "pymnts",
    "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/economy/2026/gasoline-surge-tests-consumers-with-little-left-in-the-tank/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "September gave consumers lower prices on appliances, furniture and some food categories. It also gave them a 9.1% increase in gasoline prices. The Consumer Price Index rose 0.6% in September on a seasonally adjusted basis and 3.7% from a year earlier. During the third quarter, prices rose 1.1%, the largest increase for the period in […] The post Gasoline Surge Tests Consumers With Little Left in…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}