When holiday travel is over, the typical American household will have spent $4,155 filling up this year, a record. Gas averaged more than $3.50 a gallon this year, another unfortunate record. And next year isn't likely to bring relief.

Gas takes its biggest bite out of family budget in 30 years

When holiday travel is over, the typical American household will have spent $4,155 filling up this year, a record. That is 8.4 percent of what the median family takes in, the highest share since 1981. Gas averaged more than $3.50 a gallon this year, another unfortunate record. And next year isn’t likely to bring relief.


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