00:00The war with Iran had cost the US military around 38 billion dollars by the 1st of August,
00:06according to the country's nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
00:10It said continued fighting could cost another 2-3 billion dollars or more each month, depending
00:16on the intensity of the conflict.
00:19Replacing munitions used through August 1st was estimated at 21.7 billion dollars, making
00:24it the largest single component of military costs.
00:28The report also warned that depletion of missile defense interceptors had reduced US inventories
00:33for several years.
00:36It is estimated that the United States may have used between half and two-thirds of those
00:40munitions since June 2025.
00:44The CBO also said the conflict was increasing inflationary pressures by disrupting oil and
00:49natural gas supplies.
00:52It is projected that first-quarter inflation next year could be 0.5 percentage points
00:57higher than previously expected.
00:59the time of the year.
01:00Yeah.
01:00So.
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