U.S. Mortgage Rates Rise, Undercutting Housing Affordability Push
Mortgage rates fell below the critical 6 percent threshold just a couple weeks ago. But they’re climbing again as new inflation concerns have roiled financial markets.
Mortgage rates fell below the critical 6 percent threshold just a couple weeks ago. But they’re climbing again as new inflation concerns have roiled financial markets.
The war in the Middle East has sent oil and gas prices soaring. Our energy reporter Rebecca F. Elliott breaks down how much the world continues to depend on reliable sources of oil.
Nearly 75 percent of farmers surveyed before the war said the crop sector was in a recession. They face bigger hurdles this planting season.
Investors have worried about who would get hit if there’s a private credit bust. Many on Wall Street think the pain goes further than the lenders.
The data showed imports dipped and exports rose in the month before the Supreme Court struck down most of the president’s tariffs.
Conflict is forcing producers to slash production and close ports as Iran steps up attacks on energy infrastructure.
Reserves or no reserves, the outlook remains bleak as long as a major oil and gas trade route remains virtually closed.
A Washington Post appeal for information about the military qualified as prohibited “solicitation,” according to defense officials.
In the era of A.I. agents, many Silicon Valley programmers are now barely programming. Instead, what they’re doing is deeply, deeply weird.
Theaters will get a minimum of five weekends of exclusive play and then, starting next year, seven. A pandemic-era policy was guaranteeing only three.