North Korea faces a slew of new sanctions which Bart Chilton discusses with host Lindsay France. Bianca Facchinei looks towards Germany’s elections, revealing European unease. Patrice Onwuka joins Boom Bust to answer the question of how the government can help female business owners.
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Boom Bust’s Edward Harrison interviews Jim Rickards, editor of Strategic Intelligence and author of “The Death of Money.” Jim offers his analysis of the IMF’s decision to classify Russia’s $3 billion loan to Ukraine as ‘intergovernmental,’ and why the Federal Reserve should have raised interest rates years ago instead of this week. Jim also discusses the potential for a Chinese devaluation and the coming of so-called “helicopter money” as a policy response to a weak economy.
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The top stories: While the US economy added 151,000 jobs in August, keeping the unemployment rate at 4.9%, the numbers fell short of expectations. Edward Harrison has the details. Then, RT Correspondent Peter Oliver reports from Berlin on the changes Deutsche Bank is trying to make as it struggles with 3-decade low share prices and a risky bank profile. Afterwards, Ameera David talks to EuroPacific Capital founder Peter Schiff about the recent dip in precious metals price and the state of the US economy.
After the break, Edward speaks to Peterson Institute Editorial Fellow Pedro da Costa about the ability for fiscal policy to start doing the heavy lifting on the economic policy front. And in the Big Deal, Edward is joined by RT Correspondent Anya Parampil to discuss the combustible situation in Venezuela as mass protests hit the capital Caracas.
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Tariffs continue to batter world markets, but in the United States, some sectors are being hit harder than others. RT correspondent Alex Mihailovich lends us a hand to sort through the sector’s stocks and yields. Plus, EU voters have spoken and made their choices for parliament, but it may not be quite what some were expecting. Former First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond joins us from London to comb through the results. Plus, Bitcoin has been a bull tear over the past week, but what’s the driving force? Christy Ai does a deep dive into what is causing the crypto’s boom.
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Our lead story: On Wednesday an unexpected twist in the $19 billion Facebook/WhatsApp deal came to light. Facebook, which acquired WhatsApp in February, has asked European Union antitrust regulators to examine the deal. The social networking giant is doing this in order to avoid other anti-trust reviews by individual countries. Erin takes a look.
Then Erin sits down with Dr. Mark Thoma, a professor of economics at the University of Oregon and a blogger of the Economist's View. They discuss inequality, federal reserve policy, and interest rate hikes. Afterward, Edward Harrison interviews investor Paul Brodsky about tail risks, the fear of deflation, and inflation in the Eurozone. Check it out.
In today's Big Deal, Edward Harrison and Erin are talking about "subprime business lending." Is this just a fancy name loan sharking on Wall Street? Edward gives his take.
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The trade war may be heading to the courts as China claims it is taking the U.S. to the WTO. Todd Horwitz of Bubba Trading and Jeffrey Tucker of the American Institute for Economic Research are both on hand to guide us through the winding road of the raging tariff war. Plus, Argentina has slapped the reigns on capital as the country's economy has been spiraling for weeks. RT Correspondent Alex Mihailovich is standing by to break down the details of the future of the Peso and the Argentine economy.
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Markets rebounded on Monday after getting rocked on Black Friday by fresh fears of the COVID-19 Omicron variant. Boom Bust's Christy Ai and Octavio Marenzi of Opimas LLC join the program to discuss the sell-off and offer their forecasts for market performance.
And the Nord Stream 2 pipeline could soon see operations start as controversy continues to swirl around the project. Boom Bust's Ben Swann breaks down the state of pipeline operations as winter sets in.
Then we move west in Europe to the English Channel as tensions continue to grow between the United Kingdom and France. Hilary Fordwich of the British-American Business Association lends her insight to the post-Brexit issues and lingering fishing disputes.
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It’s part 4 of our Best of Boom Bust shows! We’re looking back at some of our best interviews with some help of Bart Chilton.
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The novel coronavirus pandemic continues to thrash the service sector as jobless claims in the United States shattered expectations yet again. We take a look at the impact that the numbers have had on the U.S. economy and the moves its central bank is planning to take. Plus, in an age of panic, concerns are growing over the fate of privacy and civil liberties as the outbreak continues to gain ground. We give some insight into the struggle between promised safety and civil liberties.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is heading to America to meet President-elect Donald Trump. Plus, the Bank of Japan today announced an unexpected bond buying program. Ameera David has the details. Then, Bianca Facchinei takes a look at a warning from French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, who said its time to stop being naïve about the threat of the far-right in Europe. After, Manuel Rapalo breaks down a $264 million settlement between JP Morgan Chase and three U.S. federal agencies over alleged corrupt practices.
Following the break, Chris Versace, CIO of Tematica Research, examines Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s remarks to congress, in which she made the case for a likely December rate hike. And finally, in The Big Deal, Edward Harrison provides further insight on France’s presidential election race and the threat Marine Le Pen poses to establishment politics.
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