WashingtonUS diesel hit $5.85 a gallon, a record.
Diesel, not petrol, moves freight and farm equipment, so the rise enters the price of food and goods.
Reduced tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz since the Iran war began has pushed Brent above $95 a barrel.
Analysts say more of the cost reaches grocery shelves as freight contracts reprice.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 100+ reports worldwide
- TimesNow leans critical
- traces record $5.85/gallon diesel to six-month Iran war disrupting Strait of Hormuz, maps downstream price pass-through to food/goods
- Yahoo! Finance
Sources: TimesNow, Yahoo! Finance