Equipment Leasing and Finance Foundation

Q2 Update to the 2023 Economic Outlook Forecasts 1.0% Expansion in Equipment and Software Investment and 0.7% GDP Growth as Recession Looms

Washington, DC (April 19, 2023) — Equipment and software investment growth cooled in the early months of 2023, resulting in the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation lowering its annual forecast for investment growth to 1.0%, according to the Q2 update to the 2023 Equipment
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Equipment Finance Industry Confidence Eases in March

Washington, DC (March 16, 2023) – The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) releases the March 2023 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI) today. The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business
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Equipment Finance Industry Confidence Improves Again in February

Washington, DC (Feb. 16, 2023) — The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) releases the February 2023 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI) today. The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business
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Equipment Finance Industry Confidence Higher in January

Washington, DC (Jan. 19, 2023) — The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) releases the January 2023 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI) today. The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business
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Equipment Finance Industry Confidence Improves in December

Washington, DC (Dec. 19, 2022) – The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) releases the December 2022 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI) today. The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business
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Equipment Finance Industry Confidence Eases Further in November

Washington, DC (Nov. 17, 2022) – The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) releases the November 2022 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI) today. The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business
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Q4 Update to the 2022 Economic Outlook Forecasts 5.9% Expansion in Equipment and Software Investment and 1.8% GDP Growth This Year

Washington, DC (Oct. 27, 2022) – Despite early indicators of a modest rebound in equipment and software investment growth in Q3, demand may soften in several end-user markets over the remainder of the year due to high-interest rates and expectations for further rate hikes,
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Equipment Finance Industry Confidence Lower in October

Washington, DC (Oct. 20, 2022) – The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) releases the October 2022 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI) today. The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business
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Foundation Study Finds Nearly 8 in 10 End-Users Acquire Equipment and Software Through Financing; Estimate of Equipment Finance Industry Size Reaches All-time High of $1.16T in 2021

Washington, DC (Oct. 10, 2022) — The size of the equipment finance industry rose to an all-time high of $1.16 trillion in 2021, as nearly 80% of firms that acquired equipment or software used at least one form of financing to do so, according to a new study, 2022 Equipment
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New Foundation Report Examines the Office Imaging Sector and Opportunities for Equipment Finance Companies

Washington, DC (Sept. 20, 2022) — Office imaging, used by a vast majority of organizations, including business enterprises of all sizes, government agencies, and educational institutions, faces challenges from market and external forces that could negatively impact the sector’s
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Equipment Finance Industry Confidence Improves in August

Washington, DC (Aug. 18, 2022) — The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) releases the August 2022 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI) today. The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business
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Equipment Finance Industry Confidence Lower in July

Washington, DC (July 21, 2022) – The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) releases the July 2022 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI) today. The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business
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ELFA Survey of Economic Activity: May New Business Volume Up 16 Percent Year-Over-Year, Down 10 Percent Month-to-Month, Up Nearly 8 Percent Year-to-Date

Washington, DC (June 24, 2022) — The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $900 billion equipment finance sector, showed their overall
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Equipment Finance Industry Confidence Steady in June

Washington, DC (June 16, 2022) — The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) releases the June 2022 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI) today. The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business
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ELFA Survey of Economic Activity: April New Business Volume Up 7% Year-Over-Year, Relatively Unchanged Month-to-Month, Up Nearly 6% Year-to-Date

Washington, DC (May 24, 2022) — The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross-section of the $900 billion equipment finance sector, showed their overall
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