Economic growth in East Asia remains volatile as natural disasters and the Delta variant threaten the region's recovery. We discuss the state of affairs in China and Japan with Boom Bust's Christy Ai. (1:03) Then we turn to Afghanistan, where the nation has been fully taken over by the Taliban. Octavio Marenzi of Opimas LLC lends his insight on the economic fallout from the geopolitical developments. (9:15) And just as the airline industry was beginning to recover from the original COVID-19 shock, the Delta variant has rattled the sector yet again. Gary Leff of View From the Wing fills us in on how airlines are coping with the latest breakthrough. (18:58) #BoomBust #QuestionMore #RTAmerica #Covid19 #Airlines #DeltaVariant #Afghanistan #IraqWar #China 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=PLagVUKF7CUTQFiMl7qOaZ9L0Zkq_b9RF- Just Press Play: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLagVUKF7CUTTuYcV8a3afYQ4pFBm50ZC9 The World According To Jesse: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLagVUKF7CUTR4fIiDHxGpe38eA ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6ElxA_aibs

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