The war in Iran has now cost U.S. consumers $100 billion in higher energy prices,
and the bill is rising another $1 million about every two minutes,
per a real-time estimate from Brown University as of Monday morning.
Why it matters: Energy inflation shows up across the entire economy, and the recent surge in diesel prices in particular threatens to have a dramatic impact on freight and travel in the weeks and months to come.
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/07/iran-gas-prices-diesel-100-billion
Chuck Darwin
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