Overview
- Defense tallies put U.S. pre-strike mobilization near $630 million, the opening day at about $779 million, and ongoing operations at roughly $59–60 million per day.
- A new CSIS assessment estimates the first 100 hours cost about $3.7 billion, or roughly $891 million per day, chiefly due to high-priced munitions.
- Analyses drawing on defense data indicate cumulative U.S. operational spending in the first days has already surpassed $5 billion.
- Israel’s Finance Ministry estimates nearly $3 billion per week in war costs and is weighing a partial, gradual reopening of businesses to ease the economic strain.
- Penn Wharton’s Kent Smetters projects a U.S. economic impact between $50 billion and $210 billion, with a current estimate near $115 billion, as oil and gasoline prices tick higher.