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affected by the current [sharp rise in government borrowing costs](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/12/uk-borrowing-costs-keir-starmer-bond-yields-pound-dollar-labour), as swap rates – which lenders use to price their fixed-rate mortgages
governance. Warren, who opposes Warsh's appointment, also questioned Warsh over his potential links to Jeffrey Epstein. Warsh has disclosed hundreds of millions of dollars in financial holdings, including an investment fund worth at least
government data](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/weekly-road-fuel-prices). In real terms, the cost of filling a typical family car with petrol [has gone up by about £14](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20zgjzz0e4o). A tank of diesel is about £27 more
mortgages went sour as homeowners struggled to pay. Funds run by Bear Stearns, BNP Paribas and other banks either had to freeze the ability of investors to take out their money, or liquidate the funds
borrow money or they don't get the home repaired, and there's further deterioration of their homestead," Oklahoma's attorney general, Gentner Drummond, told NPR. "And it's a huge economic impact across