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a lot to get today, so let's get started. and we leave the program with the beginning and the latest meeting between a group of 20 as leaders, representing 80 percent of the global economy gather for their annual summit. this year's meeting is held in rome, and it marks the 1st in person meeting for g 20 members. since the start of the pandemic on the agenda for those world leaders to confront a global recovery, hampered by a series of stumbling blocks and energy crisis, spring higher fuel and utility prices. new coven, 19 outbreaks, and log james jams in the supply chains that have caused massive shortage says for consumers. so let's break it all down. with boom bus, co host ben swan and christy, i bet i want to start with you. one of the most pressing issues, certainly among european countries and china is the ongoing energy crisis. how are these leaders dealing with it? well, i think right now they're kind of coming with, hadn't had and asking the biggest producers in opec plus,

specifically saudi arabia, russia. let's face those of the 2 really driving forces here. opec, saudi arabia determines exactly what opec does. russia decides what opec plus does . and so both of those countries will be represented by the way, at this g. 20 summit, though, uh, both china and russia are attending remotely. but what's interesting about this is right now you have this kind of energy need desperate energy need. prices for energy in europe of quadrupled and quinn toppled depending on which country we're talking about. that is an incredible number to go up in just one year. so what they're dealing with there is absolutely for lack of a better term, savage, right there, they're the people there are trying to deal with this lack of energy. governments are struggling with it. and what they're demanding is more output from opec and opec plus. now russia, by the way, cal gas from the state control energy company has agreed because of an order from president putin. to go ahead and release more reservoirs of natural gas and oil to

europe to get them in the reservoir. so that should actually help thinking somewhat . but listen and, you know, some of the analysts who are looking at this are saying things like, well, russia and saudi arabia better be careful because if they don't start producing more gas than the rest of the world's just going to move to renewables. no, they're not. not in the next 6 months, not the next, you know, 3 or 4 months, and especially as we roll to the winter. that's where europe really needs this energy. so at this point, it's really about figuring out what is the best way to move forward. and the truth is, they don't like this because because many of these countries do want to move to renewables . but the way to get that price down is to sign long term deals. that last 20 or 25 years, not doing the spot market pricing. yeah. and certainly as interesting to see how long they're going to let this go on, especially as people are paying increasing prices in temperatures and getting more mer anytime soon as we go along with this season. now christy, as then mentioned, the leaders of china and russia will meet remotely. so how important is the you asked dialogue with specifically during the series of meeting?

i mean that's going to be a very important meeting with all eyes on the u. s. and how it handles its relationships with not only china, but also the rest of the world after spent the last 4 years focusing on this american 1st agenda. so china, in the us are expected to be constructive as a work to settle ongoing trade issues and address the macro economic situation that threatens both their growth. so both sides are wary of the inflation pressures, slower growth, weakening financial landscape, supply chains and also other issues. and then also on the agenda, the heads of government are expected to endorse a historic overhaul of international corporate taxes. the analyst, one that any new rules would take a long time to actually implement. so meanwhile, china and the us have agreed to continue communication at all levels on the next steps. which essentially is the same rhetoric we've been hearing. so i really don't think that this will mean much in the grand scheme of things, seeing as we've heard this phrase a 1000000 times before,

but still there has been no actual step forward. it's just playing niceties on the world stage and putting on a smile while doing exactly what you want to do afterwards. and that goes for both the china and the us, because the u. s. still has not lifted the billions of dollars on trade terrorists on china, even though that it's hampering the u. s. economy and growth and consumers end up paying for that. and just recently the u. s. scc revoked the license on china telecom on tuesday. so there actually is a slight escalation rather than a reconciliation going into this meeting. so while it's a great idea for everybody to try to work together, that's easier said than done as that was not a friendly gesture toward the country whom you're trying to build a relationship with and work with. yeah, it really seems to be politics as usual, especially with the binding ministration, kind of falling in line with, with the trump ministration did before. now, speaking of agreements going into effect and then we know that one of the big items which many consider is a victory going into the g. 20 is what appears to be a can. this is on

a global minimum tax. is this truly on the verge of being implemented? well, it looks like that it is. i mean, we're talking about these g 20 countries of all pretty much agreed at least in theory, to imposing some kind of global minimum tax. and then they have reportedly have about $130.00 countries that have signed on to this idea. so yeah, it looks like it's probably going to go forward in some form. i imagine it's going to go forward in some form because otherwise what you have is you have a piecemeal system that is going to take effect if not across europe, where countries like spain and france, italy, the u. k. they all want to impose digital services taxes on the biggest companies here in the united states like facebook, amazon, apple, google. and so in order to kind of avoid that, i think some of these big companies are kind of leaning into this idea of saying ok, let's go with some kind of global minimum tax because otherwise you're going to be paying various tax rates across europe. and one of those 2 things is going to happen, right? you're not going to be able to continue to function without something taking place

. and then the other thing is, you know, joe biden really needs this. president biden is looking at this as something that he needs because a lot of his bill back better kind of plan is based upon the idea that there will be this global minimum tax of some kind. if he doesn't get that through, it's very hard to push through the rest of it. so he is kind of dependent on it. i know he's pushing for it very hard. and of course, as i mentioned, some of these other countries that want some kind of digital services tax are in agreement with it as well. and i know that after so much wrangling on it, that some of the nations that had provided, you know, the lower tax rates rates like ireland, they eventually move forward with it and decided, you know, if you make the right concessions, we'll go forward. and so we'll see what happens there. now christy, another major issue for the u. s. is to figure out supply chain log. jim, how can you? well, i don't think it can necessarily be fixed. as a mentioned, this is a long term issue and not like follow next. they can be cleared up just by working a few more extra hours. so by noon is expected press for countries to share more information about troubles with supply chain at dave slow growth and port and back

. they closures shortage as of shipping containers and writing demand have also contributed to backlogs at ports and delays for deliveries of everything from consumer staples to high tech and commodities, not to mention what the inflation rising prices. you also have company stock piling raw materials that they will need later on. and 40 goods now anticipation of a shortage which is also contributing to this huge wave of temporary demand. so it really looks like they don't know how to fix it. and this is just an attempt to gain more insight via transparency and cooperation from other nations. and it's more of a research exercise to see where the bottlenecks and brakes are. because at this point there isn't a way to respond to it quickly. ela certainly be interesting to see what comes out of these talks over the weekend, best christie, i in men's want. thank you for your insight and don't go anywhere. we'll have you both back on after the break. a tooth global markets are mixed as major economies deal with the ongoing energy

crisis and central bags discuss rising inflation. let's start in russia, where the mo, x is down by more than one and a half percent for the weak. natural gas prices fell by almost 10 percent on thursday. at the russian president vladimir putin called on gas prompt to start pumping additional natural gas to europe. as soon as the 8th of november, the exchange route behind the mo x itself reported q 3 earnings this week showing it saw record growth and be in commission income. profit for the company was up nearly 20 percent year over year. moving to asian markets, the shanghai composite is in the red down roughly 3 quarters of a present for the week. although the composite did see some modest gains into friday. industrial prophets and china were up 16.3 percent year over year for the month of september. according to data released thursday by china's national bureau of statistics, amid the energy crunch coal firms saw losses of nearly 7 percent on thursday or loan of state planners. met with it industry to discuss measures to control,

skyrocketing call prices in hong kong, and the hung sun is down nearly 2 and a half percent for the week. a rough earning season for some of the biggest companies traded on the index, pushed it down to the lowest level in 4 weeks mid week. the tech sector also took a hit with heavyweights, 10 set, alibaba and my twan all losing ground. with the hang sang tech index falling more than 3 percent on wednesday alone in japan, we have our 1st green arrow for the week for the new k on thursday, the bank in japan kept interest rates steady. the central bank forecasted inflation would stay below a 2 percent threshold for at least the next 2 years. while say it expects the japanese economy to grow by 3.4 percent and the fiscal year ending in march. but that is down from a previous projection of 3.8 percent. now let's move to india where the centex is down by just under 2 percent for the week. on wednesday, the reserve bank of india said it will take steps to remove liquidity from the banking system, causing investors to worry. this may be pointing to movement in the monetary policy

. this caused some of the biggest banks on the index to lose ground. morgan stanley also downgraded indian stock to equal weight from overweight as the index has seen massive gains in the last 18 months. in australia we have another red arrow with the assets dropping by more than one percent. retail sales in australia rose 1.3 percent in september compared to the month prior. meanwhile, the next economy is expected to have contract it by roughly 3 percent in the quarter. ending in september, according to treasury secretary steven kennedy, who told the senate this while it is expecting a large jump in inflation. and in south africa, we have a green arrow for the all share mining makes up a big portion of this index in south africa. and mining related facts have jumped 20 percent this month as metal prices continue to arrive and as we see, commodity prices continue to arrive. analysts expect this to be a boom for the nation's economy. now let's go to rachel for more from europe in the

americas. thanks, friend, here we go. ok, where the city is up. the next had a 20 month high as it saw game city 3rd session in a row, amid warnings that inflation could hit 5 percent early next year. the bank of england has indicated it could start to raise interest rates soon. a recent survey also found that the public's expectation for inflation next year is now in its highest point since 2008 near by the german data infringe. kac are both in the green, the european central bank double down on the claim that inflation is transitory, which is why they say they have no plans to raise interest rates until at least 2023. this, despite the latest data, showing inflation continues to rise, having a 13 year high this month at 4 point one percent across the atlantic. now to brazil where the evil of us but is down. it was a rocky week for the index as investors reacted to the central bank, raising interest rates by 150 basis points on thursday is the largest increase in

20 years. the re, our fell 1.3 percent losing more than any other currency in the world this week. as brazil continues to battle soaring inflation in the double digits. and over in mexico, b, m v is up. this is by the news that the country's economy shrank. by point 2 percent in a 3rd quarter marking its 1st decline since the start of the pandemic recovery last year, the ongoing supply chain shortage took a toll on the services and manufacturing sectors. and while the car making industry has been hit especially hard, there is hope that it will see new business by the way of an electric vehicle partnership with the us. and here in the us, the dow, the nasdaq in the s n p, all finished the week in the green. this, despite the news that economic growth in the country slowed to its lowest rate since the recovery began, the commerce department also reported on friday that annual inflation is rising at its fastest rate in 30 years. so far, the federal reserve still expected to announce the start of his plans to taper next

week. and finally in canada, the ts x is down despite seeing its best session and 5 months on thursday. miners and energy stocks took a hit as commodity prices belt and the week the bank of canada also announced plans to en, quantitative easing and raised interest rates sooner than expected. with the central banks governor even saying, quote, we're getting closer to a full recovery. we don't mean q e anymore. now moving into next week, we will continue to keep an eye on the state of ongoing supply chain shortages around the world and their impact on the global recovery. and it's, i'm now for a quick break, but when we come back, facebook is looking to turn a new leaf as the social media giant has rebranded itself as meta straight ahead will take you inside the so called metaphor. and as we go to break here, the numbers of the quote ah

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oh, well, come back. you've probably heard by now that the largest social media giant in the world. well, it has a new name. facebook cl, mark zuckerberg made the announcement saying the new name of meta will help the company bring all of its products together while giving new insight into its plans for the future. it is time for us to adopt a new company brand to encompass everything that we do to reflect who we are and what we hope to build. i am proud to announce that starting today. our company is now metal. we've built things that have brought people together in new way as we've learned a lot from struggling with social issues and living under close platforms. and now

it is time to take everything that we've learned and help build the next chapter. the company formerly known as facebook as pledging take on the virtual reality world with new plans for a net averse get it that will likely give a new purpose to those opulence. v r has says the company acquired back in 2014. so what does that mean for all of the privacy scandals and the concerns over facebook already having too much power as is well, let's bring back an invesco host, benson and christy i to disguise ban lonestar with you here. so what do we know so far about these plans for a med adverse that brought about the name change? yes, was kind of interesting because as we've talked about for a few weeks, you know, facebook is, is a pretty interesting company that is now just a one brand underneath meta. right. and there's a good reason for that because facebook itself, as a company, i think more than anything has been abandoned. mark zuckerberg not interested in it . you know,

facebook was thriving up until about 4 years ago and it's kind of been co op it since then. just completely, you know, being utilized to remove anyone who opposes the kind of the neo liberal order. and is we still see, even with the, the new scandals that have come out of the so called whistleblower a big push to completely limit any conversation there. so facebook's been minimized and meanwhile, the med averse is the new stuff and it's all about augmented reality. it's about creating a new worlds and you never have to leave your home to access of being able to, as they say, live, and work and play and all these different locations. but all from your couch. listen, if you thought that your kids sitting at home on their cell phone, who never does anything and never goes outside me, more was bad now, way for the met averse my friend in the meadow versus where they will never leave anywhere because their entire existence will be built into these augment of realities. it's not there yet in terms of technology, but it will be eventually. and it's funny because, you know,

obviously we keep hearing and we've even said at facebook name changed, but it's very similar to what google did when google changed their name, alphabet. and google is underneath the alphabet. obviously differed in the situation that clearly off but did not abandon google during that or anything like that. now. 8 christie zuckerberg talked about plans for a future and has been just alluded to where you take part in se, office meetings by simply throwing on a v r headset. i mean, how likely is this actually happened? you know, been said the technology is behind at this point. so it did looking near the very, to the future. i did this cause it didn't have invited society because not everybody's going to have this technology or access to it as because it's kind of a luxury well, the are things that within the next decade, most people will be spending a lot of time in a fully immersive 3 d version of the internet. so he is pushing technology to go in that direction. and something that could be where they would let you show up in a virtual space as an avatar or a hologram so that you can actually occupied the space somewhere else. so in theory,

this is a pretty cool idea, but in reality, what does this offer in terms of value that zoom or skype does not? so yes, working from home is now going to be a major trend going forward, but information being transmitted, it's pretty seamless on zoom, virtual classrooms, demonstration pictures, presentations. they can all be done on it. so i really don't see the additional value for the business of hosting a meeting in v r versus resume or other than the fact that it looks pretty cool. and that you're not trapped behind a desk. and you can actually move around it interact with people. but you can actually still do that with them by having high conversations and messaging with their peers. so it will be a luxury feature, but i don't see it being adopted that quickly by corporate. so i don't think it will be that divisive of gadget. it will be novel and many companies will certainly adopted especially tech companies, but i don't really believe it'll be a necessity and therefore be that divisive for society. i do feel like it's something like if they could get some sort of big company to hop on board,

that might actually show a proof of concept, show it work and show where it could be really cool. but otherwise, if is just facebook internally using it, i'm not sure that's going to work out. also feels like sucker brig may have read the book ready, player one. and just then let's get on this before some other company does. even though the technology is clearly not there yet. now better what even more serious news here? because facebook itself has done the research and has admitted how incredibly addicting it. platforms are for users, especially children. what are the long term ramifications of building life around virtual reality? well yeah, there's, there are serious ramifications for that. in fact, i would say that we don't even fully recognize the ramifications of where we are now and where we've been for the last 20 years, right? if you just say over the last 20 years is entire generation of people, not just in the united states, but globally, who have grown up knowing only a world with cell phones. no, in only a world with how to access the internet and completely building their lives. to

this connectivity, we don't know what the ramifications are of that yet. we know that from the internal documents that came out to the was a lower about instagram. we know that teenage girls were more likely to have a, a bad view of themselves and have low self esteem. but more they were on instagram same with teenage boys. we know that teenagers were more likely to be suicidal if they were constantly on social media apps. those are very serious things when we're talking about mental health and the mental health of young people, who, by the way, are not going to be young people much longer. these are people who are now going to be moving into adulthood. and there's a new generation who will come up behind them. and i agree with christie. i don't think there's a real value here in terms of, of the marketplace for in a business meetings this way. but i don't think that's where zucker berg wants to go. i think where they really want to go is create augmented realities for children because we know through instagram and their projects there, that is his main focus. he wants to focus on kids and children, focus on creating augmented reality for them where they can exist and try to

imagine, you know, worlds in which they can live. and i think the repercussions of that are much more serious. um, we're, we're giving them credit. and that's incredibly concerning, especially when you think of how it impacts kids today. when they go on instagram. they see these filter photos will think of if it is actually an entire character you're creating that doesn't match anything close to what you see in the near christy. what's your response to that? how do you think that is impacting the next generation or really this generation as they get older? i think i will be interesting to see the impact of the generation by really i think the biggest concern is that people are going to lose touch with. we already and how to actually physically interact with their peers and friends. you already hear people complaining about the awkwardness after a quarantine of how difficult it is to get back to social interaction and how difficult it is get back to gathering and meeting places and striking up a conversation that is more than a text. because in a text you can ignore conversation simply by goes thing. and apparently these days and society is getting towards more and more of a trend where people are more so isolated. and you hear this phrase a lot,

especially in big cities where you have kids being and big cities being like, i know i'm surrounded by a 1000000 people, but i feel like i'm the only person in the world. and that's kind of like the feeling that a lot of social media has created because you have 200-300-4000 friends on line. and you have this positive feedback loop every single time you get a like you get a comment, you get a positive thumbs up or something like that. but in reality, in the real world, nobody really cares about a nice instagram picture that you take. so the reality is such, so disconnected from social media and a lot of young people cannot reconcile with that. absolutely. and there's a lot to talk about here as this moves forward. we thank you both for joining us throughout the entire show. boom bus been swan and christie, i thank you so much. and finally and is what is becoming more commonplace space x is set to launch another for astronauts to the international space station this weekend was will be the 4th sent to the space station by the

musk lead rocket company. the 3rd crew 3 mission will include 3 ass routes and one from the european space agency, the latest trip to the ice that will use a crew dragon capsule, which has been named to the endurance on top of the falcon night rocket and take off in the early morning, hours of sunday, with arrival at the base station after midnight on monday. certainly be interesting to see how that turns out in your right. it is becoming more and more commonplace as we go along. i mean, when you, when you look at what blue origin is arguing with basics is the 4th time they've taken the, i assess not happy about that. for the time you get boom buzz on demand on the portable tv app app, portable back tv was the next time. ah ah, if you want something done, right. do it yourself. the acronym d i y, i e,

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