Central bankers announced another painful rate hike to tame persistent inflation, a crushing blow to anyone unfortunate enough not to be trading crypto from a hammock in Pescadero. Local retirees nodded politely between sets at Cerritos before returning to the pressing matter of whether the organic guacamole cart would show up on time. Back home, the entire global financial system is currently burning to the ground, but frankly, the offshore breeze is cross-shore right now and nobody has the bandwidth to check their 401k.