The War in Iran has cost Americans more than $40 billion in additional fuel costs, according to an analysis from Brown University’s Watson School of International and Public Affairs.

Operation Epic Fury has pushed Brent crude to $128 per barrel, costing US consumers an estimated $40B in extra fuel spending as military costs mount.

Businesses are grappling with soaring energy prices, fractured supply chains and trade routes severed by Iran's chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz.