The European Central Bank is currently buckling under immense pressure to hike interest rates amid severe energy shocks, while the Pentagon quietly fires up a massive new economic isolation campaign against Iran. Back in Baja, however, the only tension is whether to drink a Pacifico or a mezcalrita while watching the sunset from a hammock. Expat community leaders confirmed that rising European bond yields and escalating Middle Eastern kinetic threats have zero impact on the surf forecast, which currently predicts offshore winds all weekend. Local residents expressed polite confusion regarding what a 'central bank' is, assuming it has something to do with where they keep the spare propane tanks.