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Geopolitics
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Housing
Mortgage rates surpass 7% for first time in 2 years amid inflation, Iran war
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Industrials
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Macro
10-year Treasury yield rockets to 19-year high. Here's what's driving the spike
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Energy
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Energy
Fuel cost spike hits carrier margins
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Energy
Energy expert Bob McNally on how to protect consumers from a looming gas price spike
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Markets
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Geopolitics
LA Review of Books spikes interview with pro-Israel professor Shai Davidai: 'Double standard'
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Macro
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The 5-percent milestone, last topped in 2023, deepened worries that rising borrowing costs will squeeze households and swell the cost of carrying the national…
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Commodities
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Geopolitics
Oil price spike from Iran attacks intrudes on GOP's midterm convention
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Geopolitics
Trump's Midterm Pitch Clouded by Iran War and Canada Tariffs
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Energy
Households warned gas price spike could pile fresh pressure on energy bills
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Healthcare
Health insurance costs projected to spike next year by most in two decades
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Technology
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Bessent touts bond market as 10-year Treasury yield spikes
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AI
Okta pops 19% after topping estimates as AI threat spikes demand for identity security
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