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Any chance the Fed cuts rates this year is 'evaporating before our very eyes' as Iran tensions raise oil prices
Experts see high potential for a military strike President Donald Trump greets members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as he arrives to deliver his State of the Union address on Tuesday. With oil prices rising in response to growing tensions with Iran, the rationale for additional interest-rate cuts by the Federal Reserve is disappearing. "The argument for having lower rates is just evaporating right before our very eyes," said Brian Bethune, an economist at Boston College, in an interview. The uptick in oil prices combined with the Trump administration's aggressive approach to tariffs is putting upward pressure ... (full story)
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From @zerohedge|Feb 28, 2026|172 comments*SENIOR ISRAELI OFFICIAL TO REUTERS: KHAMENEI DEAD, BODY FOUND REPORTS CITING US OFFICIAL: US OFFICIAL CONFIRMS TO FOX THAT US BELIEVES KHAMENEI AND 5-10 TOP IRANIAN LEADERS KILLED IN INITIAL ISRAELI STRIKE ON COMPOUND
Israel has confirmed Iran’s supreme leader killed in strikes, Israeli sources say Israel has confirmed that Iran’s supreme leader was killed in strikes on Saturday, according to two Israeli sources familiar with the matter. One of the sources said Israel had obtained a photo of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s dead body. The second source said an official announcement is being prepared. Earlier in the evening, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there are many signs that Khamenei is “no longer with us.” Meanwhile, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said that Iran’s president and Supreme Leader are “safe and sound.” But Khamenei has not been seen in public or in videos since the strikes began. Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei dead after IDF strike hits Tehran compound, Israeli source confirms Iran’s militant and unyielding supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who ruled the Islamic Republic for more than three decades and oversaw an era of harsh internal repression and confrontation with the United States and Israel, has died following the Israeli strike in Tehran, as his compound was reduced to rubble, a senior Israeli official told Fox News Digital. "Khamenei was the contemporary Middle East’s longest-serving autocrat. He did not get to be that way by being a gambler. Khamenei was an ideologue, but one who ruthlessly pursued the preservation and protection of his ideology, often taking two steps forward and one step back," Behnam Ben Taleblu, senior director of FDD’s Iran program, told Fox News Digital. "Khamenei’s worldview was shaped by his militant anti-Americanism and antisemitism, which first manifested itself in his protests against the Shah of Iran," he added. Trump on reports of Ayatollah's death: 'We feel that is a correct story' video In a conversation with Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker, President Trump said he believed reports on the death of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in strikes against the country are "a correct story."
From @annmarie|Feb 28, 2026|6 commentsTrump to Axios: : “I can go long and take over the whole thing, or end it in two or three days and tell the Iranians: 'See you again in a few years if you start rebuilding [your nuclear and missile programs].” NEW: Trump interview w @axios @BarakRavid While writing remarks announcing attack, he asked team for every Iranian-linked attack over past 25 years "I saw that every month they did something bad, blew something up or killed someone," POTUS told Barak
From raymondjames.com|Feb 28, 2026|4 commentsAs we have said several times before, we are not lawyers, we are economists, so this section title doesn’t mean that we actually know what the courts are going to conclude about ...
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From apnews.com|Feb 28, 2026|25 commentsA major attack launched by Israel and the United States killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, President Donald Trump announced Saturday, confirming an assassination ...
From cnbc.com|Feb 28, 2026|11 commentsThe joint U.S. and Israeli attack on OPEC member Iran risks a major oil supply disruption in the Middle East that, in a worst-case scenario, could trigger a global economic ...
From robinjbrooks.substack.com|Feb 28, 2026The first two months of 2026 are done. With all the noise around AI, recent hand-wringing over private credit and - one month ago - jousting over Greenland and a bond market ...
