Category: Economy: Nation, Global
Wall Street is up and Main Street is down. What's wrong with this picture? Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with the NFIB Report on the disconnect between the mania on Wall Street and the economic malaise on Main Street.
What's wrong with the business sector? Tom Asacker joins Jim Blasingame to report that he is seeing more dysfunction in business relationships today than in years past, and they discuss some of the possible reasons.
Why is U.S. unemployment still at 35-year record lows? Ray Keating joins Jim Blaisngame to reveal the several factors that are holding back hiring, including the primary one, which is anti-business policies from Washington.
Anti-business policies do not make businesses want to invest and hire. Ray Keating joins Jim Blaisngame to compare other recoveries where pro-business policies produced economic growth, with President Obama's recovery.
Small businesses react to Obama policies by refusing to take risks. Ray Keating joins Jim Blaisngame to connect Obama's anti-business policies that are causing small business owners to avoid taking risks, making investments and hiring more people.
Unemployment is entrenched and chronic in the U.S. Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame with this month's Tatum Survey, which shows unemployment continuing to be stubbornly entrenched in the U.S., and no sign of improvement.
Why are sales and capital investment still languishing? Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame with this month's Tatum Survey, which indicates that sales are only up because they had no where else to go, plus capital investment is down.
Why are business managers pessimistic about business conditions? Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to report on the Tatum Survey that shows business managers are not optimistic about business conditions for the next few months.
Why are small businesses not asking banks for business loans? Jim Blasingame explains how a lack of loan demand by small businesses explains why the economy is growing at such a poor rate.
Wall Street is setting records, while Main Street is languishing. Stephen Moore joins Jim Blasingame to report on why there is such a disparity between Wall Street's record-setting numbers and less than 2% growth for Main Street.
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