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All of that will be inflationary, prompting bond markets to raise borrowing #costs worldwide. Forget about rate cuts. Of the five #CentralBanks meeting next week in the United States, Europe, Britain, Australia & Canada, traders bet none will be easing & one - Australia - will be hiking.
#Trump #US #Iran #war #ForeverWars #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #geopolitics #MiddleEast
#MojtabaKhamenei statement cont∶
“One point I must emphasize is that, in any case, we will obtain compensation from the enemy. If it refuses, we will take from its assets to the extent we deem appropriate, & if that is not possible, we will destroy its assets to the same extent.”
#TrumpsWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #ForeverWars #Trump #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy
Higher #MortgageRates could widen that gap even further, making it harder for many households; wealthier buyers & investors are more likely to pay in cash.
The geopolitical tensions driving #energy prices higher are also complicating the outlook for #InterestRates. Expectations that the #FederalReserve might begin cutting rates have faded as #markets worry #inflation could stay higher for longer than anticipated.
#WealthDivide #inequity #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #housing #Trump
“Investors” accounted for 30.2% of home purchases in 2025, nearly double their share at the start of the #pandemic, according to data from Cotality. A report from Realtor.com found the change wasn’t because of a surge of investor activity, but rather a pullback from traditional buyers who could no longer afford today’s prices.
#WealthDivide #inequity #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #housing #Trump #trumpcession #recession
…With borrowing costs elevated, the high prices are keeping middle- & low-income buyers on the sidelines while wealthier households & investors are playing a larger role in the market.
#WealthDivide #inequity #economy #CostOfLiving #housing #Trump
The strain in the #housing market has become a key political issue, & #Trump has raised a number of [impractical] ideas for how to address the costs — like introducing 50-year mortgages, barring Wall Street investors from buying single-family homes & directing Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac to purchase $200 billion in mortgage-backed bonds. His admin has yet to follow through on most of them.
#economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #trumpcession #recession
But if the recent uptick continues, #MortgageRates will add to a list of concerns that could keep #home buyers on the sidelines, said Hannah Jones, a senior economic research analyst at Realtor.com.
“Spring feels very uncertain,” Jones said. “This definitely feels like we’re back where we were a year ago: #tariff uncertainty, #economic uncertainty, #geopolitical uncertainty. All of this is making the path ahead seem really unclear.”
#Home buyers have already been struggling with high #prices, as well as rising #insurance & #property #taxes. #MortgageRates were one source of relief, having fallen from much higher levels in recent years. Even at 6.11, rates are well below their recent peak of 7.8% in October 2023, which was the highest level in decades as the #economy was recovering from the #pandemic. Back then the yield on the 10-year Treasury note was approaching 5%.
When the #US & #Israel attacked #Iran, setting off an #energy crisis & raising new #inflation concerns in #FinancialMarkets. The result has been a jump in the yield on government bonds, & falling expectations for #InterestRate cuts later this year. The yield on the 10-year #Treasury note, which acts as a broad reference interest rate that underpins the US #mortgage market, climbed to 4.25% Thursday, up from below 4% before the war began.
#MortgageRates Rise as #Iran #War Ripples Through #FinancialMarkets
#Mortgage are climbing again as new #inflation concerns have roiled financial #markets.
The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rate in the #US rose to 6.11%, the mortgage-financing giant Freddie Mac said Thursday, the second week in a row that rates have risen.
#economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #Trump #trumpcession #recession
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And across the United States, Canada, Europe, Britain & Mexico, #farmers blanched at the surge in #fertilizer costs.
The widening #war in #Iran has delivered a stunning punch to a worldwide #economy that has already been walloped by a breakdown of the international trading order, war in Ukraine & Trump’s chaotic policymaking.
#TrumpsWar #US #Iran #war #Trump #RulesOfWar #law #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
#Oil Shock’s Tentacles Grip #WorldEconomy: ‘This Really Is the Big One’
Countries already walloped by a breakdown of the international #trade #chaos brought on by #Trump #tariffs, #war in #Ukraine & chaotic #US policymaking are facing lasting economic damage.
#TrumpsWar #war #ForeverWars #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #energy #EnergyCrisis
“All the key measures are moving in the wrong direction.”
Economic growth was much slower at the end of 2025 than data first showed & inflationary pressures persisted at the start of this year, a troubling snapshot of an #economy on unsteady footing before #war with #Iran upended #oil & #FinancialMarkets.
#economy #Trump #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #recession
nytimes.com/2026/03/13/busines…
He noted that the price of Russian #oil had been rising since the #war in #Iran started, & that it was likely that the #sanctions relief could be extended indefinitely.
“I do worry that this is effectively the destruction of the oil sanctions on #Russia,” said Mr. Fishman….
#TrumpsWar #US #ForeverWars #Trump #Ukraine #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #energy #EnergyCrisis
…Top #Senate #Democrats assailed the #Trump admin for easing #sanctions on #Russia, saying that it was done to mitigate a #war of Trump’s own making.
“This war has resulted in huge spikes in gas prices for Americans, who are now paying more at the pump than at any point in either of President Trump’s two terms,” they wrote in a joint statement.
#TrumpsWar #US #Iran #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #Ukraine #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil
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Senate Democratic Leaders Release Joint Statement on Trump Administration's Weakening of Sanctions on Russian Oil in Attempt to Dampen Economic Impacts of Trump's Iran War | United States Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
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The other option? Don’t attack #Iran. Idiots.
#Trump Removes #Sanctions on #Russia to Help #Oil Flow Amid Iran #War
The #US on Thursday temporarily lifted sanctions on Russian oil that is currently at sea, allowing it to be shipped to buyers around the world as the Trump admin scrambles to contain #energy #prices that have been soaring because of the war in Iran.
#TrumpsWar #law #WarPowers #geopolitics #Ukraine #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving
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#solarpunksunday #solarpunk #gardening #jardin #garten #foodsecurity #CostOfLiving
There’s a lot of anti-gardening/GYO discourse online right now. It seems to be a reaction against the no-lawn movement. Their “reasoning” is that gardens use more water than grass.
It all depends on what plants you grow. #NativePlants do not require any more water than typical rainfall.
So here is a comprehensive list of edible native plants to southeast/mid-Atlantic zone 7-9. Let me know if I missed any. 💚
