{"id":396009,"date":"2026-09-10T17:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T17:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/396009\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T17:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T17:10:10","slug":"gas-prices-in-central-florida-climb-as-iran-war-disrupts-global-oil-supply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/396009\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas prices in Central Florida climb as Iran war disrupts global oil supply"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">ORLANDO, Fla.  \u2013 Gas prices in Central Florida are climbing, and President Donald Trump says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/politics\/2026\/09\/09\/trump-says-oil-prices-that-spiked-because-of-iran-war-likely-wont-come-down-until-after-midterms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/politics\/2026\/09\/09\/trump-says-oil-prices-that-spiked-because-of-iran-war-likely-wont-come-down-until-after-midterms\/\">relief at the pump is still months away<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The Iran war has dramatically slowed oil moving through the Strait of Hormuz \u2014 a critical shipping lane that previously carried about 20% of the world\u2019s petroleum. The disruption has sent prices surging across the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">According to AAA, the national average for a gallon of regular gas has climbed to $4.28 \u2014 up 14 cents from just one week ago. Floridians are seeing slightly lower prices, averaging about $4.15 per gallon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">President Donald Trump, pressed by reporters on when prices might drop, offered a candid \u2014 if sobering \u2014 answer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">\u201cI think it\u2019s going to take a little bit longer than the midterms,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Harvard economics professor Ken Rogoff says uncertainty is the driving force behind Wall Street\u2019s unease.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">\u201cThe Iran war is unsettled and it\u2019s unsettling Wall Street because it doesn\u2019t seem to be ending,\u201d Rogoff said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Diesel prices are also surging, raising concerns about inflation and limiting the Federal Reserve\u2019s ability to cut interest rates \u2014 a ripple effect that could touch nearly every corner of the economy.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 Gas prices in Central Florida are climbing, and President Donald Trump says relief at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396010,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1917,740,1335,139,141,140,729],"class_list":["post-396009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-consumer","tag-economy","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-traffic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}