Mike Menzies

Are accounting rules are hurting economic recovery?

Is market-to-market hurting economic recovery? Mike Menzies joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the short-sighted practice of requiring banks to value their holdings on a short-term liquidation basis, instead of the more realistic longer-term life of the asset.

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Community banks are under regulatory duress today. Mike Menzies joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how community banks are facing unfair regulatory burdens and what small business owners can do to support them.
When will small businesses start borrowing money for growth? Mike Menzies joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why loan demand is going to be down in 2014 for the sixth year in a row.
How will Janet Yellen treat Main Street? Mike Menzies joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how favorable Fed Chairman Yellen will be toward Main Street's small businesses and community banks.
Interest rates cannot stay down forever. Mike Menzies joins Jim Blasingame to report on the fact that the Fed cannot keep interest rates low forever, and that sooner than later, they will rise.
Reforms against mortgage security malfeasance is hurting Main Street. Mike Menzies joins Jim Blasingame to report on how policies designed to punish producers of mortgage-backed securities is hurting Main Street lenders and homeowners.