Holly Wade joins Jim Blasingame to report on the overall upward trend in small business sentiment, but with a number of troubling aspects that need more time.

Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how the NTU’s new resource, the Taxpayer’s Defense Center, works for citizens and businesses, including creating more taxation transparency by the IRS.

Holly Wade joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the financial strength and operating courage of America’s small businesses and how this sector helped prevent a depression, instead of a recession.

Holly Wade joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB’s Index which shows an overall drop in optimism because of hiring and sales, but boosted by compensation and capital spending.

Holly Wade joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB’s Index of Small Business Optimism, which has delivered a response that is down from a year ago, but on par with the study average, and above the entire Obama-era average.

Chad Moutray joins Jim Blasingame to report on the significant disruption the pandemic created for manufacturers, and that while full recovery may take two years, the recovery trend at this point is in the right direction.

Holly Wade joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB Index of Small Business Optimism that shows while sentiment has improved, it’s still in a diminished state from pre-pandemic conditions.

Hector Barreto joins Jim Blasingame to report on the legislative summit The Latino Coalition is conducting -- and streaming live -- on the Internet, including the speaker assembly that includes President Trump.

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 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.