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Winter wheat should now be receiving its second application of nitrogen, sugar beet is waiting to be sown and rapeseed is waiting for its last fertilizer application before flowering. March is an extremely important time for agriculture. But now, of all times, fertiliser markets are coming under pressure.
It will have been more than three weeks since the US and Israel first attacked Iran when the first British warship finally arrives off the coast of Cyprus, a belated defensive deployment that has highlighted the lack of military capacity available…
UK government borrowing costs have reached their highest level since 2008, while financial markets now expect up to three interest rate rises this year as investors digest the impact of the Iran conflict.The yield, or interest rate, on 10-year borrowing was pushed to heights not seen since the global financial crisis, as investors dumped UK government bonds.The market move followed the Bank of England’s decision on Thursday to leave interest rates on hold at 3.75% and hint at a future increase. By Friday, markets were pricing in as many as three interest rate rises in 2026.The 10-year yield was 5% at close of trade – the highest level since the depths of the global financial crisis in mid-2008.
According to official data, Turkey welcomed approximately 64 million tourists in 2025, which generated revenues of around €56 billion (ca. $64 billion). In terms of numbers, the country overtook Italy in 2024, climbing to fourth place in the world after France, Spain and the United States.Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the tourism sector has invested heavily in comfort and safety. This year, it was hoping to surpass the 65-million-visitor mark and generate approximately €59 billion. But the Israel-US war with Iran has derailed those plans.According to representatives in the tourism industry, hotel reservations and tours in Turkey's eastern and southeastern cities have been cancelled.
“There are risks from higher oil prices longer term. But this is a tail risk,” one US-based fund manger said after the airstrike killing Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. “History has shown time and time again that geopolitical flare-ups like this tend to be short-lived. This one should prove to be no exception.’’
The United States economy enters 2026 with remarkably resilient momentum, expanding at an estimated 4.3% annualized rate in Q4 2025—the strongest quarterly performance in two years—yet faces a complex macroeconomic crossroads as multiple forces converge to shape the trajectory ahead.
