With inflation in the United States hitting its highest rate in more than 3 decades and no end to rising prices in sight, it would seem that consumers and retailers alike would be feeling the pressure, but that doesn’t appear to be the case. Ahead of the highly lucrative holiday shopping season, American retail sales surged, up 1.7 percent compared to September, with roughly two-thirds of the largest publicly traded companies in the US reporting better profits this year, than the same period in 2019. This raises the question if corporations are using inflation as an excuse to raise prices and take an even bigger profit as consumers feel the pain. With rising oil prices the Biden administration asked some of the worlds largest oil consumers to release their oil reserves. The request, made to Japan, China, and India comes as President Biden is feeling political pressure at home due to rising prices at the pump as the economy recovers from the global pandemic. North America is seeing a surge in orders for robots. The reason for the increase is the overwhelming labor shortage. Many Americans are reluctant to return to work after the covid pandemic, leaving some companies turning to robots to close the gap. #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. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBTYKtPEt5Q

Our lead story: The European Central Bank has introduced a number of different measures aimed at stimulating the Eurozone economy such as negative interest rates, and cheap long-term loans to banks. What does all of this mean? Erin takes a look. Then we sit down with economist Dr. Thomas Palley to get his view on the ECB decision and explore distinctions between New Keynesian economists and Post Keynesian economists. After the break, we check in with Ladar Levison of Lavabit to discuss his run in with federal authorities on the one year anniversary of Snowden's revelations on the NSA. In today's Big Deal, Edward Harrison and Erin continue the discussion of government surveillance, digital privacy, and encryption. Take a look. Check us out on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BoomBustRT https://www.facebook.com/harrison.writedowns https://www.facebook.com/erinade2020 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibvqVR1_UPc