Holly Wade joins Jim Blasingame to report on why optimism continues to grow on Main Street, in spite of the fact that finding and hiring qualified workers continues to be the greatest challenge.

Holly Wade joins Jim Blasingame to report on the many examples of strong economic fundamentals that justify the growing level of small business optimism for the rest of 2020.

Holly Wade joins Jim Blasingame to report that six of ten of the NFIB’s Index numbers went down, but the overall optimism average is still many levels higher than the half-century averages.

Holly Wade joins Jim Blasingame to report that, though some of the Index’s numbers went down, it’s because of the strong economy, and sales and pricing power going up confirms that.

Holly Wade joins Jim Blasingame to report that the small business sector should benefit greatly in the coming year from the passage of the trade deals with China, as well as USMCA.

Holly Wade joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB Index of small business optimism, which records another month of near record optimism among U.S. Main Street business owners, including why this has come to pass.

Holly Wade joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB Index which shows small business owners are optimistic in all of the categories that foretell a strong economy, including sales, hiring and investment.

Holly Wade joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some examples of why the U.S. small business sector is the equivalent of the third largest economy in the world, and how they accomplish that against all odds.