Mike Menzies

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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.
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.
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.
Policies to punish big bank greed is hurting small banks and small businesses. Mike Menzies joins Jim Blasingame to report on the collateral damage on Main Street to small banks and small businesses from policies to punish big banks.
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.
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.
Have the Fed's depression-preventing policies gone too far now? Mike Menzies joins Jim Blasingame to report on the importance of the Fed's monetary policies after the 2008 financial crisis and debate whether they should now end.
How excesses by mega-banks cost Americans $20 trillion. Mike Menzies joins Jim Blasingame to report on the damage that was done to all Americans when the government bailed out Too Big To Fail Wall Street mega-banks.
Are small businesses asking community banks for loans? Mike Menzies joins Jim Blasingame to the challenges community banks and small businesses are having growing their business and the economy.
How will the bank crisis in Cyprus be solved? Mike Menzies joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the differences between how banks are regulated in other countries compared to the U.S., plus how the Cyprus bank crisis will be solved.