l l. c. now, what is the take away from the growth that we're seeing in great britain in the 2nd quarter, and how do they get back to pre panoramic levels? is that going to happen this year? we'll pleasure to be back review brenda rachel. well, yes, i would say that the sun is never going to set on the british economy. it does not seem good, but with actually the hardest hit of the g 7 from the pandemic. and i think many people are tribute to napoleon, but it was actually a french, illusionary, who quoted it as being a nation of shopkeepers. they said it rather derisively, but it was actually taken with great pride by the british, why it is a nation of shopkeepers and the british are very social people. why was the u. k hit so hard and why is it bounce back so strongly? it is because the british have now gone out a lot of those statistics in the 2nd quarter. of course we're boyd by the success of the british, the english soccer team doing so well in the euros. the celebration that every piece of power across the u. k. was making pieces in the shape of footballs, thought apart from that bushy, soon as the chancellor of the exchequer has said, he's not going to be complacent. i don't think anyone should be complacent about this. but it is due to a steady hand, the bank of being on the thumb very well in terms of stimulating the economy. and i do think you're going to see discontinue, also, don't forget, it is a nation that has the 60 and london high tech unicorns, and i think the high tech business as well as the financial sector on top of retail and all those people going out to shop, like i mentioned the nation or shopkeepers, it is helped create that boom and now whereas it's offered the worst of all the g 7th company countries, it has come back 2nd only really to the us. now we know that back when restrictions were being lifted, there were a lot of people who warned against it because of those emerging variance of the current a virus. and even though in these cases we've seen the u. k. do really well so far . is there still that concern that it could be the delta variant or any other variance that could hurt the economy just as it's recovery? well, i think you're right, rachel, it could be anywhere. everybody is concerned about it thus far, and i'm not a doctor nor my associate, just all scientology, but i will say this. it is so for proport so far purported to be more infectious but way less deadly. so i think that has people less scared. i also think it's like many things in life. i think the nation in the u. k. like the u. s. people who become accustomed to this people who customer, wayne and mosques in the u. k. people are very, i would say, socially conscious and sort of a, a, b, b. i says they follow the rules. that is the nation with the largest percentage of people who have been vaccinated. that's due to the national health service and they roll out plan. so what was the vaccination, the mosque wiring, conscious social distancing overall, i think people are just going to cope with it. we just have to continuing carry on . and now, hillary, i want to go back to the 1st story we did about richard branson unloading $300000000.00 in stock of virgin glass. and he said in other companies are still deal, or the company says that is to say that they're still dealing with pandemic related issues. what do you make of this whole? well, actually i would say boys and that toys and jeff pays off. it was a big game to go into place on, but i do think it's very sad that i'm actually the stock was downgraded by wall street analysts. and i think that's part of his self. it was 10 point over 10400000 shares. you mentioned $300000000.00 was but he said, and his group has said it is the shore up. the other parts of his business, the leisure, the travel, but the bookings were down. i mean, how many people do you know that have the money the time and their life to waste may be with some accident going into space? i think for the very few, maybe his own enthusiasm, led him to believe and his group to believe more people would be lining up to perhaps die in space. but i think it's a sad thing is a lot of investment bought. he's always done very well, and he wants to shop his all the companies, particularly his travel companies, if he doesn't show them up now, will they make it through? as rachel, just raise the delta variant and the downs out there in the economy. he has to make it through, and i think that's what he's done. he's. he's divesting himself of other parts of his business so we can sure up those that will continue. now while we have you on here, we have about 30 seconds left, but i want to bring up another story which is kind of the story that keeps on giving. and that is post wreck that trade between great britain and northern ireland or rather the republic of ireland. we see that it's down 29 percent in the 1st 6 months of the this year compared to the same period in 2019. what's happening there? ok, it's called something choice called it is to get the case. i'll be back and turn 2030, but it is about the land bridge. what this was with the goods from ireland to go to you. they would actually go straight from dublin directly across to wales. in pembroke, sure. the number of ports and they go straight to the port holly head and a number of others. and from those ports they would drive across the u. k. and go straight down to the south coast, go go to kent, and then they would go, they would take ferries over to the u. k. it's called ro roll on, rolled off from the trucks rolled onto the freight. and this ro, statistic is what is down. why? because now the cost benefit analysis of unloading and driving across the u. k. has been obviously ruined because of all the red tape coming from the u. k into the u. so now they're shipping directly from dublin to the european continent, and that's what happened. and that's why that shipping number is down. they going not the english channel route. hilary ford, which of the british american business association always take that opportunity to talk about how well the british soccer team did in the year. they couldn't clinch at the way until the world and billionaires. jeff pays as bill gays and michael bloomberg are getting called out online after it was revealed that they are pouring millions of dollars into the hunt for precious metals in greenland. john hardy has the details on what they're looking for and why greenland, here comes the money billionaires, bill gates, jeff bezos and former new york city mayor michael bloomberg. among others went to drill through greenland stick ice to find raw materials to power. a new generation of electric cars, cove, old metals, a mineral exploration company, backed by break through energy, which is funded by gates bays as bloomberg and other prominent billionaires including investment banker, ray dalio, and virgin galactic richard. branson has entered into a joint venture with the london based mining company, blue j mining to mine, greenland for raw material such as nichol, copper and platinum. as the company writes on its web page, cold metals is a mineral exploration company that uses machine learning and other scientific computing techniques to increase the ethical supply of critical materials needed to build electric vehicles and personal electronics. many new mines will be needed for electric vehicles are to become widespread, but before new or deposits can be mind, they must be found. so why greenland? well blue jays own studies show the central west region of greenland is reportedly similar to russia's north oscar region. a large producer of nickel and palladium cobalt says it will spend $15000000.00 to help lou j locate natural resources. the 1st phase of the so called disco project named after the region in greenland, they'll be searching to hunt down and dig up world class battery metal deposits according to the companies. clearly it's a business venture for the billionaire boys club and an opportunity for the u. s and u. k. through this wealthy mining and exploration adventure to put some pressure on china and its massive mining and raw materials market. greenland has been the subject of discussion among america's political and financial elite in the past. in 2019, then president trump even floated the idea of the u. s. buying greenland because of its abundant natural resources and idea that ultimately floated away and sunk like a glacier. whether or not this 1000000000 are blitz turns greenland icy water and polar caps, blue like cobalt and green, like the color of money being invested in the venture remains to be seen. the markets are mostly up for the week as we see a whole host of new economic data related to g, d, p, and inflation. we start in russia where the mo, x is in the green rushes, the economy grew in the 2nd quarter, and it's fast paced in the year, 2000 up 10.3 percent compared to the same period last year, according to official data released friday, russian oil giant ra snapped reported 2nd quarter earnings on friday as well. seeing net profit search to $3200000000.00 with revenue doubling. i'm in a recovery and crude oil prices. let's move to asian markets. the shanghai composite is up despite chinese official saying they would increase scrutiny on the tech sector in the coming years. chinese stock saw their biggest gains on monday of one percent for the day, trying to ever grand group and ever grand property services are big games throughout the week. the company talks about selling its stake in its e, b and property management businesses. more of the same in hong kong for the hang saying after 3 days of gains, the index took a hit on thursday and friday to close out the week as investors worried about that document pointing to future regulations on chinese companies. and the ne k in japan is also up the index made most of its gains mid week. the semiconductor sector, however, is struggling to close things out as the chip shortage continues. now, economists pulled by reuters, believe the japanese, the company will grow by 2 points. percent for the 3rd quarter of this year, much lower than the anticipated 4.8 percent expected in june. and in india we have another green arrow for this 10 sex heading fresh record highs on friday. banking and stocks were big winners to close out the week. most of those games have been attributed to recent economic data, showing factory production, surging and inflation taking down about 3 quarters of a percent in july. more of the same in our strike as the as sexes up the nation's biggest lender, commonwealth bank of australia said wednesday it will return $7000000000.00 to investors and buybacks and dividend, as it's a massive profit. admit it's quick economic recovery. something to keep an eye on here though. business competence in australia fell 19 point than july, amid new locked down to combat the spread of the delta barrier. another green arrow for the all share in south africa business competence in south africa also took a hit in july, falling to 9 month low following those riots that cost the economy more than 3400000000 dollars. the south african ran also took a hit this week, giving up most of the game seen in 2021 training about a half percent lower than at the start of the year. now let's go over to rachel for europe in the america. thanks brent. here we start in the u. k, where the sea is up. now, as we mentioned this march london longest weekly winning streak since november with the index heading and 18 month high on wednesday. the latest data shows the u. k. the economy grew by faster than expected one percent in june, where growth was largely carried by the health care and hospitality sectors. as restrictions were lifted nearby, the german docs and french kac are both in the green. the dax hit record highs on fridays, are passing the 16000 mark for the 1st time ever. and in france, the index responded to the latest data showing unemployment is all more than expected in the 2nd quarter. while europe largest economy is still struggling to return to pre pandemic levels, it is expected, but at least an 8th of germany's g. d. p growth is here. will be credited to profits from by on tech, and it's not seen partnership with pfizer. let's go across the atlantic to brazil now where the bo best buy is down. while the central bank move to raise interest rates by a full percentage point marking their largest jump since 2003, a combination of increase commodity prices in the worst drought. the country has seen in decades are still taking a toll as brazil, struggles to cut inflation in how to get it back down to their target. a 3.75 percent. it's a similar story over in mexico where the b m. v is in the red, and inflation is also double the central banks target. after a surprise rate hike have little effect on consumer prices. in june, mexico announced another increased interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point to 4.5 percent on thursday. and here in the u. s. the dow and the s and p 500 hit record highs on friday. while the nasdaq and the week in the red, as all eyes remain on the side and it's forecast for pulling back on pandemic policies, unemployment continue to fall, and the latest c p i report drove talk the inflation good start to decline in the coming month as the increase and quarter prices was less than expected. and finally in canada, the t s. x is up, the next pulled back slightly after hitting a record high on wednesday, the materials, financial, and energy sectors all took a hit, mid concerns that demand would fall significantly in response to arise and kobe case it moving into next week, we will continue to monitor the state of the ongoing recovery and how it is being impacted by record inflation and time, not for a quick break, but when we come back, could we soon see a g 20 nation follow in the footsteps of el salvador, just on the other side. we take you to argentina where the nation president has pitched an interesting method of dealing with in place to get a break here, the number that the quote the mm mm. mm mm mm mm mm ah, i will, i the vacuum. and then you need to talk to someone who can be done, but even when i'm in a position where you may need what's going on for me, which mobile phone bill. and it isn't about what it was, which would be join me. but it was easy. i got to get to choose, you can put up with me going to be as long as it doesn't work for you. does that quote? should the, who's the welcome back. another country enlighten america may be considering making bitcoin official. now all salvador is set to become the 1st country to make the world's most popular crypto currency, legal tender starting next month, alongside the u. s. dollar. and now argent. tina is saying it could be next. that's according to the countries president who referred to the rise of crypto currencies as irreversible noting crypto has the potential to nullify inflation. when asked if the central bank is considering adopting its own digital currency or even making bitcoin legal tender, he said, quote, there's no reason to say no. the adoption of bitcoin could have a massive impact on a country that is no stranger to inflation. for context here in the u. s. the annual inflation rate hit 5.4 percent in july its highest point in 13 years. however, in argentina inflation hit 50 percent last month, substantially from the government's target of 29 percent. while argentina does have its own national currency, it also relies heavily on both the us dollar and the international monetary fund. in fact, the country is currently indebted to the i am left to the tune of $45000000000.00, and the fund has already issued a warning to el salvador to try to compet from adopting crypto. so joining us now, josh is doing bus co host an crypto analyst, christy. i know christy what kind of an impact could bitcoin have on a country like argentina where skyrocketing inflation has become almost normal? yeah, well big client has huge potential to thrive and say the argentine economy argentina is basically struggling from enormous that obligations to high inflation. and that's all been compounded by coven 19. so it drove its population to seek alternative ways to store their wealth. as the government had to limit us dollar purchases by citizens. so dollar purchases shrank to only $200.00 a month for citizens with a 35 percent tax on top. if you can't buy the us dollar, restore your wealth. the next best thing is crypto. and in a recent survey, 73 percent of argentina citizens believe that kirk crypto currency is the most effective savings method in the current economic crisis and a hedge against inflation. and it's really not only inflation that big protects against, but it's also uncertainty. for example, the argentine government usually announces new financial, restrict measures in the late hours towards the end of the week intended to be implemented the following monday. so these announcements usually come as a surprise, and citizens have absolutely no warning, no preparation for whatever new taxes the evaluations they might face next week. so this makes for very unpredictable living conditions. in contrast, bitcoin has no centralized governing body when it is volatile, the volatility in the pricing a big point, it's uncorrelated to the economic woes of any particular country. so relative to things like arbitrary pay, so are the l. salvatore in dollar? it's actually quite stable. and christy, we saw g, i m f word el salvador against bitcoin. they're likely to do the same with argentina. but how much power does they have actually have here? and how is keeping these countries in severe debt playing into that? well unfortunately the i'm a does have a lot of power as they hold a lot of money and they provide assistance and funds to debt late in countries or countries and crises. so while that sounds really good and all in practice, it's more like a drug dealer because yes, you feel really great for a while, but soon you'll just need more and more and more. and that's when things start to get really expensive. so that's kind of what and to a lot of these countries, they took money from the i enough which is not free. it comes with a whole host of terms and conditions, etc. they demand fiscal austerity, high interest rates, trade liberalization, privatization and open capital markets like these terms. they often been