Epic Fury Epic Prices: The Economic Impact Before & After Operation Epic Fury
President Trump has stated that Operation Epic Fury was won and over on May 5, 2026, with all objectives achieved. In a recent statement, he said the nuclear material was obliterated so completely that it is now “nuclear dust” buried deep underground and only the United States and China have the capabilities to recover it. So how is Iran an imminent threat if they can't get to their own nuclear material?
This dashboard compares selected economic, energy security, military, shipping, market, and casualty statistics before the operation and for selected dates after it was declared over.
Economic Indicator
Before
February 27, 2026
February 27, 2026
Selected Date
June 10, 2026
June 10, 2026
Change
⛽Gasoline Price (Regular)U.S. average price per gallon
$2.980
$4.151
+$1.17+39.3%
⛽Diesel PriceU.S. on-highway diesel, per gallon
$3.809
$5.303
+$1.49+39.2%
🛢️Crude Oil Price (WTI)Front-month futures close; weekend uses prior close
$67.02
$90.03
+$23.01+34.3%
🌍Crude Oil Price (Brent)Global crude benchmark, per barrel
$74.04
$93.10
+$19.06+25.7%
🔥U.S. Natural GasEIA Henry Hub spot price, $/MMBtu; weekends use latest reported weekday
$3.62
$3.10
-$0.52-14.4%
🏦Strategic Petroleum ReserveU.S. emergency oil stockpile, million barrels
415.4M bbl
349.2M bbl
-66.2M-15.9%
📈Inflation (CPI)All items CPI-U, year-over-year; modeled daily dashboard estimate
2.4%
4.200%
+1.8 pts+75.0%
🛒Food PricesFood CPI, year-over-year; modeled daily dashboard estimate
3.1%
3.100%
+0.0 pts+0.0%
🏠Rental / Shelter PricesShelter CPI, year-over-year; modeled daily dashboard estimate
3%
3.400%
+0.4 pts+13.3%
🏭Core InflationCPI less food and energy, year-over-year; modeled daily dashboard estimate
2.5%
2.900%
+0.4 pts+16.0%
💵Dollar Index (DXY)Index close; weekend uses prior close
97.61
99.95
+2.34+2.4%
📊S&P 500Broad U.S. stock market index
6,482.16
7,266.99
+784.83+12.1%
🪖Defense Spending EstimateEstimated cumulative U.S. operation cost, billions
$0.0B
$31.3B
+$31.3Bnew cost
🚢Tanker War-Risk InsuranceIndicative Hormuz war-risk premium, % of vessel value
0.25%
4.00%
+3.75 pts+1,500.0%
📦Global Container IndexDrewry World Container Index, $ per 40ft container
$2,250
$3,433
+$1,183+52.6%
Historical Trend Graphs
Graph cleanup: Charts now exclude indicators that were heavily modeled, interpolated, or not available as true daily observations. Removed charts: CPI, food CPI, shelter CPI, core CPI, defense spending estimate, tanker war-risk insurance, and global container index. Those figures can still appear in the table as context, but they are not graphed as if they were hard daily data.