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Americans heading into the July Fourth weekend are confronting the highest holiday party costs on record, as tariffs on imported goods and armed conflict in Iran keep food and gasoline prices elevated simultaneously.
The country's 250th birthday celebration arrives with household budgets squeezed from two directions at once, making backyard barbecues a measurably more expensive ritual than in any prior year.
Tariffs Drive Up the Grocery Bill The price of cookout staples — hot dogs chief among them — has climbed in part because of tariffs that have raised costs across the food supply chain.
Import duties ripple through packaging, processing inputs, and finished goods alike, and those added costs reach the checkout line.
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