Susanna Mittermaier joins Jim Blasingame to report on how she sees the EU economy and politics, including the relationship with America and the aggression of Russia.

Jim Blasingame discusses why China isn’t a paper tiger, but it is a defective tiger, including problems in their financial markets, demographics, environment, etc.

Jessica Moser joins Jim Blasingame to report on the new MetLife and U.S. Chamber research of small business sentiment that reveals how this sector is finding the banking environment for acquiring growth capital.

Jessica Moser joins Jim Blasingame to report on the survey MetLife and the U.S. Chamber conducted with small businesses that indicates optimism is way up and they’re increasingly looking at borrowing for growth opportunities.

Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report on several laws President Trump has signed that will help small businesses, including new intellectual property guidelines and opioid regulations.

Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how global postal rates have been stacked against U.S. small businesses and what President Trump is doing to correct this.

Ellen Wald joins Jim Blasingame to report on the increasing ability of the U.S. to be energy independent and that our challenge is with infrastructure, not production.

Doug Campbell joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the challenge many communities are having keeping their local entrepreneurs from going elsewhere to start and grow their businesses.

Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the relationship between a growing economy and the marketplace’s ability to deliver at that level of performance.

Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB Index that shows small businesses are still at record-high optimism levels for investing and hiring.