good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for friday september twenty first two thousand and twelve currency wars are back or at least brazil's finance minister guido months who coined the term is reportedly talking again about firing back against central bank money printing in the wake of q e three but if you watched our show a week ago get our new and ready for it. two years ago we had this whole thing with the finance minister from brazil talking about the war as the currency wars and yes exactly i mean what's happening we could potentially have that again. edward harrison called it but what could be the fallout from fed policy this time around we'll talk about it and david stockman former lawmaker and o.m.b. director under president ronald reagan has had some choice words recently for the federal reserve we've played clips before but here's a reminder. of these lunatics who are running and i use that word advisedly are basically telling the whole world on truly about the cost of money the cost of

good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for thursday september sixth two thousand and twelve e.c.v. president mario draghi well he did it he announced a bond purchase program in the euro zone with no set limits but should you narrow thinking about your future or your retirement carell super mario the latest policy response our guest says you can afford not to pay attention to the macro economic landscape if you're trying to figure out how to protect yourself in this new economic environment she will explain plus senate candidate elizabeth warren had some tough words for wall street c.e.o.'s in her d.n.c. speech last night saying despite wrecking the economy they do this. still drone around congress no shame demanding favors and acting like we should thank them. i hear you ms warren but is it a little naive to think that the candidate you elect president or into office for that matter will really change this situation we would argue yes and this is one example of the problem with political rhetoric w

good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for tuesday september fourth two thousand and twelve looking for hints about upcoming e.c.v. policies some of jumped on the central bank president mario druggies leave comments suggesting the central bank could directly by government bonds maturing in three years or less meanwhile moody's changes its outlook look too negative based on concerns about the core triple a country's who fund the e.u. so europe and back in the hot seat its leaders are back from vacation so we will talk about it plus in the wake of ben bernanke he's jackson hole speech there is a debate raging amongst economists about whether the u.s. is unemployment problems are structural or cyclical meaning this. the problem is not that jobs aren't growing the problem is not that the labor market is stuck the problem is that the economy is good. so some of those in that latter camp argue inflation is low so the fed should do more to help with the john situation but we'll look at this assumption abo

good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for wednesday september twenty sixth two thousand and twelve just when you thought the eurozone crisis was getting a little boring same old news what do you know riot police clashing with protesters in front of greek parliament in the first major general strike we've seen under the new greek government now we've seen these protests before let's be honest so is it any different this time and in spain catalonia the country's most economically important region one out catalonia in a growing drive to secede announces it down elections count as a referendum on independence oh snap take that madrid but madrid battling problems of its own without catalonia look at this barricades outside parliament to keep out the protesters what impact will all of this apparently growing dissent have plus we've talked about bank capital flight in europe but what about human capital flight not just within the euro zone but from other countries and continents which have faced turmoil

good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for wednesday september twelfth two thousand and twelve germany's constitutional court ruled the sandwiches the euro zone's permanent bailout fund does not violate the country's laws ruling against plaintiffs that were reportedly spanning the entire political spectrum who alleged that it in fact did what is next the big question meanwhile the european commission president called for a better ration of nation states and unveiled plans for the e.c.b. to supervise all the euro zone banks who was the lack of a centralized banking regulator what caused the debt crisis and is more integration a solution was made to a member of european parliament and u.k. independence party member godfrey blue and just fight more attempts at integration and consolidation in europe there are more signs of fracture running parallel for example while spain reportedly mole's whether or not that country will need to be bought on buying which would enter spain into the e.c.b. workhouse th

good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. and we are on vacation and you see we've been broadcasting since october so that means we're a little overdue for a break but in that time and in just the last few months we've interviewed so many amazing guests from jim grant to mark fabiani to jim rickards even joining me as a co-host and we've covered so many topics that are relevant on any given day whether it's the bad or the eurozone crisis so we put together some of our very best and most popular episodes from the last few months for your viewing pleasure and the time while we're off and you can look forward to all new shows starting september fourth so mark your calendar and don't forget interviews can all be found in their entirety on our you tube channel you tube dot com slash capital account but for now let's get to today's capital account. all right so according to italian prime minister mario monti we have now a week to save the euro zone that came out in the headlines he said that to a group of european newspaper reporte

good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for tuesday september eighteenth two thousand and twelve the foot in mouth indicator or take a listen. or a sober show or want to leave it there leave the girl alone all those who believe they were right. oh. oh thank you very heavy ones heard of by now but what is the foot in india could put in indicator say about the barricades for mitt romney but not only that also rock obama when it comes to the economy plus the case that the u.s. is in recession now why the fed hit the panic button with q.e. to infinity and europe's most dangerous politicians all with mike's deadlock and speaking of the fed according to a report posted on the nasdaq's web site investors plowed more than fifteen billion dollars into e.t.s. just last week in anticipation of q e three but what exactly is an exchange traded fund anyway and more importantly what is in the fine print we will break it down in word of the day plus g.e.'s medical imaging health care business is reportedly slowing

let's get some extensive analysis of the international economic headlines from washington with lauren lyster and capital account. good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm more in leicester here in washington d.c. these are headlines for friday september fourteenth two thousand and twelve inflation what inflation await consumer prices in the us rose in august by the most reportedly in three years consumer price index increased point six percent gasoline prices accounted for eighty percent of that rise reportedly that's if you even believe government statistics how does q.e. fit into this equation and is central banks try to reflate asset prices on the flip side we'll hear how moffatt mark barbara lays out his case longer term for a deed lation narry collapse plus yesterday while the fed was overshadowing all other financial news of five hundred billion dollars spending bill easily got through the house of representatives to keep the government's wheels greased until march now the government borrowed nearly thirty five cents for every dollar it spent this year according to the wall street

good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for tuesday september eleventh two thousand and twelve two days stocks advance ahead of the fed decision or the rally loses steam ahead of the meeting or it resumes out there are people are resolved to whatever they think is going to happen this all depends on which headlines you read out what time to day now whether you believe them or not they underscore the impact of macro trends on the stock market today and speaking of our guest says markets are addicted to q wait but at what cost and what are the consequences plus speaking of the macro environment. u.s. stocks rallied to their highest levels in four years after europe's central bank announced a sweeping plan to solve the region's debt crisis. that was just last week and now the german constitutional court is expected to hand down a decision on the permanent bailout fund in europe the e.s.m. tomorrow but our guest will explain why all of this action in europe can be summed up in a single dance the dance o

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good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for monday september twenty fourth two thousand and twelve the best was once credited with what came to be known as the great moderation decades of remarkably strong and steady economic growth coupled with persistently low inflation but looking at today's era of fed policy would have been best described by this. i'm talking about the great old levitation our guest jim graham founder and publisher of grant's interest rate observer will explain and as the euro zone crisis reportedly spooks markets germany continues to be the horn on the size of the money changers and germany reportedly says leveraging the e.s.m. to two trillion dollars is not realistic and after the buddha's bank voted against unlimited bond buying remember president gave a speech recently warning about money printing plugging gold as a medium of exchange a very interesting we'll talk to our guest about it plus what happens when j.p. morgan's a bullish i phone five g.d.p. forecast collides with

good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for monday september tenth two thousand and twelve republican presidential candidate mitt romney made headlines when he said this in an interview broadcast yesterday i'm not getting rid of all of health care reform of course there are a number of things that i like in health care reform that i'm going to put in place . this in the world of horse race political coverage it seems is news because it differs from previous rhetoric of repealing obamacare but what do you rather hear from politicians the real reasons why a trip to the e.r. in the u.s. for say a headache could amount to a ten thousand dollars bill so we think is important since they aren't we will and have we found the antidote we'll talk to a doctor from oklahoma who runs an independent surgical clinic and is bringing free market competitive prices to surgery and he's offering customers lower prices as a result and patients flying in from all over the world including countries with universal health c

good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. in our studios me in new york what am i talking about these are your headlines for friday september twenty eighth two thousand and twelve so bank of america announced today that it will pay two point four billion dollars to settle a class action lawsuit whish shareholders regarding the opposition of merrill lynch during the financial crisis now do you remember this deal looking back this is what our guest today wrote about it she wrote an article calling it the deal from hell hole what heidi moore reminds us of the legacy of the financial crisis still being worked through today at too big to fail banks like bank of america and what may be the deal for health for from health first shareholders not to mention employees plus trying to decipher the mysticism behind the markets wall street traders might be looking to resources like this. i want to be big maybe the hope that wall street traders hope the markets will deliver in terms of their profits and we will hear about how wall street tr

good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for september twentieth two thousand and twelve euro zone manufacturing p.m.i. points to recession according to market economy economics wall st has what's touted as a successful bond auction so is europe on a choose your own disaster track headed towards bad or worse or will it pull through we will hear from both jim and john mauldin and while we deride the bad for launching q e three japan has launched q week eight they've been at it for more than a decade so we'll talk again plus if the u.s. is on the japan track does it still have a long way to go until the national debt becomes a crisis or is reducing budget deficits top of the priority list heading into the november elections plus. comes out of nowhere what or where is the economic pride or no one has their eyes on we'll hear from our guest let's get to today's capital account. all right we'll get to q. we central bank easing the eurozone china japan the u.s. debt all of that shortly but first and far mo

good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for wednesday september fifth two thousand and twelve gold slips ahead of the e.c.b. meeting or so the story goes are these the kind of macro trends that are really driving gold prices as much as the headlines would indicate our guest bill murphy chairman of gaps has says no he's flown all the way to washington to make the case and i'm sure you remember the report last month that u.s. regulators were likely to drop their silver market manipulation probe and then commissioner bart chilton fired back that the report was premature and inaccurate down to the much sense that of course j.p. morgan is at the center of these manipulation claims and our guest is forecasting that the robber may meet the road for the big bank and it's over position possibly this month could explode we'll hear from a plus our lap dances new blood dances and our form worthy of tax exempt status well new york's highest court will reportedly weigh the arguments for and again stand at the end

good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for wednesday september nineteenth two thousand and twelve simpson bowles it was obama's bipartisan deficit commission in two thousand and ten but it keeps coming up mitt romney paul ryan joseph biden they've all flung it around as a political football in recent speeches or interviews we will talk to a former republican senator a senator and he was the co-chair of the simpson bowles commission alan simpson about the facts and how he proposes to fix the deficit and the august u.s. housing starts number came in below analyst expectations today while mortgage lending declined to its lowest level in sixteen years for two thousand and eleven according to a report from federal regulators also fed ex which is an economic bellwether its global growth forecast i could go on and the point is this is all more evidence the u.s. economy and any kind of we're covering his slow going at best so how do you sell us deficit reduction as a top priority in this environment plus t

good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in new york city for a very special show we have a lot in store for you because the e.u. parliament moved one step closer to an acting tighter bans or curbs actually i should say on high frequency trading a. to do so now add them to the list of countries that do not include the united states so why is this and why is the u.s. so behind the curve as our guest former nymex board member david greenberg says we'll hear from him plus we saw oil rebound after it had closed its lowest in eight weeks and reportedly if you look at the headlines this is because of china and speculation about stimulus but really when you step further back what has changed so much in the world that oil has gone from fifty dollars a barrel in two thousand and seven to over ninety now just five years later maybe it doesn't add up we will hear from our guests and plus we are in new york on a day that u.s. g.d.p. was revised down one point three percent on an annualized basis that is not very much growth it is pretty paltry now a little bit of trivia n

aggressive steps to strengthen the economy but will that's not the work to weigh in our financial guru lauren lyster host of capital account joins us now lauren great to have you here q e three it's called this because it's the third time around or they're trying to do this what makes this time different there are a few things that make this different so you're calling this q.e. three for good reason but you might want to call this q.e. infinity or q.e. and till further notice because unlike what the fed has done in the past where it said ok we're going to buy this amount of treasuries or mortgage backed securities it. we're going to start on this date and we're going to end on this date what's different this time is the fed saying we're going to buy forty billion dollars in mortgage backed securities a month and we're going to do this and till we decide not to and ben bernanke in his statements today and in the fed's press release said that this is going to continue until the labor market gets to where they want it and improve significantly but there's no set timeline so that's what really makes it

good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for tuesday september twenty fifth two thousand and twelve u.s. corporate bonds more than one hundred billion dollars worth were issued first september the bar this is only the third time issuances crossed that monthly thresholds and at least nine hundred ninety five that's according to data provider deal logic as reported by the wall street journal so is the appetite driven by this. judge you for your art i turned a little. creature you. were reaching for you know in this low rate environment is the risk of falling off the cliff becoming more than the herd is willing to bear though and will overturn flight to quality lead some investors the lion off into the abyss will discuss plus r.b.s. managers took part in live or manipulation that's according to a bloomberg report citing interviews and instant messages i will get every time we get angry about private bank manipulation rightfully so but where are the headlines about the public private consortium that is b

that was only lauren lyster host of the capital account. so what's in your food well that depends on who you ask if you ask g.m.o. advocates they might list a number of ingredients you can't even pronounce or more popularly they might say that the answer is well none of your business but the more important question might be what are the consequences are what are the future consequences of our present actions for years that our agriculture giant monsanto has been genetically modifying corn and soybeans to withstand and even produce herbicides and pesticides but like what was happened with the drug resistant bugs in modern medicine and as albert einstein so eloquently put it for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction this time it's in the form of super waves and even more daunting super warms the environmental protection agency has launched an investigation into the colony of super worms that are bound to spread throughout the midwest to talk more about this i was joined by alexis baden mayer political director for a gadget cons

capital account is up next let's check in with lauren lyster of lauren what do you have today do you think fireflies if you see any around over the summer in the d.c. area i have you know they're pretty magical maybe arguably the only bug that is so magical but when you shine a light where fireflies are swarming then it just you can see where you're going they stop lighting up then you know they just look like the bugs that they are what does this tell us about the eurozone debt saga we're going to talk about it on our show all right lauren lester thank you from will all of you tune. but that does it for now for your for the news from one of the stories we covered go to youtube dot com slash r.t. america or check out our web site r t dot com slash usa i'll see you back here in a half an hour but until then follow me on twitter at meghan underscore lopez. admission free accreditation free transport charges free. range moncef free risk free studio tied free. download free broadcast quality video for your media projects and free media and on the r.t. dot com you can. download the offici

good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for thursday september twelfth two thousand and twelve the fed gave markets more of that in the rug and they have become addicted to announcing q we to infinity and beyond you could say that the fed announced it will buy forty billion dollars in mortgage backed securities per month leaving it open ended and it will just keep doing it until the labor market improves now the fed committed to an extremely accommodative stance even after the economy strengthens extending guidance for reserve to but to what end while stocks are up also gold was up big today player from gloom and doom publisher mark wagner and an editorial from the official chinese news agency shane walk more is that massive spending to boost china's economy could be detrimental so how does this way into the calculus of china's policies growth or slowdown and multiple outlets are reporting john kors i met with officials from the department of justice last week this is close to a year after m.f. glob