Continuing his new year predictions, Jim Blasingame forecasts continued structural unemployment, higher GDP, increasing global inflation and more evidence of the disconnect between Wall Street and Main Street.

What will 2011 bring for small businesses? Jim Blasingame reveals some of his predictions for 2011 including why there will be an increase in small business optimism, sales and profits, but without significant job creation.

What do the top 10 worst states for business have in common? SBE Council Chief Economist, Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to report on what the top 10 worst states for small business have in common and how to improve this negative ranking.

What makes a state business friendly - or not? Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to report specifically on the worst and best small business friendly states identified in the 2010 Small Business Survival Index.

How much do state policies impact economic growth? Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame with the SBE Council’s Small Business Survival Index that reveals the best and worst states to do business in and why.

Even with high unemployment, companies are struggling to find qualified employees. Doug Tatum joins Jim Blasingame to discuss making the education system focus more on the requirements of the marketplace instead of education for its own sake.

What is the outlook for employment? Doug Tatum joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the complex unemployment challenge in America, including big business practices and small business opportunities.

Jim concludes the results of his 2010 predictions, including what he believed would happen on Wall Street and in Washington, plus he reveals his 2010 accuracy rating and his 10-year batting average.

Jim Blasingame continues to recap his 2010 predictions, what happened and his score. This segment is about small business lending, structural unemployment and the aversion to adding debt.

For the past 10 years, Jim Blasingame has made predictions for the upcoming year. At the end of 2010, Jim reviews his predictions for the end-of-year GDP and environment for start ups and reports on the results. Get the rest of his prediction recap in the other two segments.