Will the 2014 economy be better than 2013? Bill Brandt joins Jim Blasingame to report on the 2014 economy by saying that he believes we're going to continue in this slow and steady growth path, without much significant change in trajectory.

Who owns the infrastructure of the Internet? Steve DelBianco joins Jim Blasingame to explain who owns the backbone and the last mile of Internet connection, and what's behind certain companies increasing their infrastructure positions.

The Fed has to begin reducing their economic stimulus eventually. Bob McTeer joins Jim Blasingame to report on reasons why the Fed has taken the unprecedented economic stimulus over the past several years, and how long this will continue.

The Federal Reserve Board celebrates its 100th anniversary. Former Fed official, Bob McTeer joins Jim Blasingame to report on the Fed's centennial celebration and offer an appraisal of it's historical performance.

Jim Blasingame compares seven more of his 2013 predictions to what really happened, including the economy, Obamacare failures and the BCS championship.

Jim Blasingame restates the first of his 2013 predictions, what actually happened and his score, including on economic performance, problems with Obamacare and unemployment.

What's the next step for the Fed's quantitative easing strategy? Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the next Fed chairman and how the inevitable tapering of quantitative easing will impact the economy and small businesses.

Why are small business sales and investment still lagging? Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with this month's NFIB Index of small business optimism that shows sales, hiring and investment are still at close to recession levels.

Why are small businesses still so down about the economy? Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to review some of the reasons his NFIB Index of Small Business Optimism is not positive, including the impact of Obamacare.

Why aren't small businesses hiring? Gary Moore joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the reasons small businesses have other growth options instead of just hiring more people, and why raising minimum wage won't help low wage employees.