Our lead story: According to this month’s Bureau of Labor and Statistics report, US job growth slowed in July and the unemployment rate unexpectedly rose – pointing to slack in the labor market that could give the Federal Reserve room to keep interest rates low for a while. Erin takes a look. Then, Erin is joined by RT correspondent Ameera David to discuss dollar stores – specifically regarding Dollar Tree’s plan to acquire competitor Family Dollar for $8.5 billion. It's a potential mega merger that could change the landscape of the deep discount retailer industry. If this deal comes to fruition, it could seriously shake up the mega market retail sector. After the break, Erin brings you the “Best of the Best” of this past week including conversations with Bruce Schneier, Patrick Byrne, Axel Merk, Peter Schiff, Cate Long, and Yanis Varoufakis. And in our weekly Accrued Interest, Erin and Edward Harrison sift through viewer questions and comments. Keep them coming! Check us out on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BoomBustRT ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo8Sg7RLrMI

Following four years of hostilities from the Trump administration, China is looking forward to a new era with Biden the helm in the United States. Boom Bust's Ben Swann and Professor Richard Wolff offer their forecasts on what lies ahead between the world's two-largest economies and what fate the new administration holds for the rising tech tensions. (0:58) Plus, major protests continue to sweep India as farmers are protesting against new measures from the nation's government. RT's Trinity Chavez brings us up to speed on the sweeping strikes taking the second-most populous nation by storm. (11:05) It's the investment story that's shaking markets, institutional investors are being rocked as Reddit users have caused Gamestop's stock to skyrocket. Boom Bust's Christy Ai and Danielle DiMartino Booth of Quill Intelligence give us their takes on the breakthrough for Retail Investors and the potential outcome of the economic uprising. (17:30) #BoomBust #QuestionMore #RTAmerica Get exclusive content and watch full episodes now by downloading the Portable.TV app: https://bit.ly/DownloadPortable Check out our other shows! NO show does it like this. It’s TIME TO DO NEWS AGAIN with Rick Sanchez News with Rick Sanchez: https://bit.ly/NRSSHOW It’s her take on all things political and she presents ALL the angles: News.Views.Hughes with Scottie Nell Hughes, NVH: https://bit.ly/NVHSHOW What’s your NEWS IQ? Give us 30 minutes, and we’ll take you across the globe! In Question with Manila Chan, IQ: https://bit.ly/IQ_SHOW Steve Malzberg sinks his teeth into the slander, hypocrisy, bias and lies of MSM. MMM…Delicious! Eat The Press: http://bit.ly/EatThePress Candid conversations with the most outspoken guy in Hollywood! Dennis Miller + One! Dennis Miller Plus One: http://bit.ly/DennisMillerPlusOne Let our TV time-machine bring you the week’s highlights and a closer look at the BIGGEST stories, Just Press Play: http://bit.ly/JustPressPlayShow Yep, it’s Gov. Jesse Ventura and you’re living in his WORLD! Come along for the ride. The World According To Jesse: http://bit.ly/WATJSHOW They’re watching you. Are you watching them? Are you WATCHING THE HAWKS? Watching The Hawks: http://bit.ly/WTHSHOW Do you keep missing the forest for the trees? Let Holland Cooke show you the Big Picture, The Big Picture: http://bit.ly/TheBigPictureShow Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RT_BoomBust Check us out on Facebook -- and feel free to ask us questions: http://www.facebook.com/BoomBustRT Follow Christy Ai on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christai_ai/ Check out more from RT America! Eat The Press: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLagVUKF7CUTQsuWo5sCat5spbo2Cqfskm Dennis Miller Plus One: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLagV ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9_B38JODLc