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Editor’s Note: This article was written in October 2024, prior to the results of the U.S. presidential election and the November Fed meeting. There was great anticipation for the Federal Reserve’s September move to lower the target range for the... read more

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Yes, 2020 Is Different from 2019 Sales representatives continue to encounter lower demand for many equipment types they have traditionally financed. Credit underwriters have directed their organizations to cease financing indigent industry sectors that have been especially hard hit through... read more

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What a difference a decade makes. Perhaps now just a fading memory, 2008 was a painful turning point within the financial industry landscape as the U.S. entered its deepest recession in 80 years commencing in December 2007. This intensified with... read more

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How is Jerry Parrotto, and what is life like after the Monitor?  Life is good. It was underscored by the chilly reception that greeted me at the Philadelphia airport last week. You see it was a pleasant 72 degrees when... read more

The Tuesday morning Keynote speaker at the ELFA Convention was Dr. Larry J. Sabato, professor of politics at the University of Virginia. Dr. Sabato is a three-time Emmy award recipient and in-demand political commentator on FOX, CNN and MSNBC. Sabato’s... read more

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Economics has two primary faces: The first is micro economics — the study of supply and demand with respect to the products and services we offer, it tends to be front and center in our day to day world. In... read more

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Where were you four decades ago? In leasing? In school? In diapers? Or just an apple in your daddy’s eyes? Did you know that 40 years ago the Financial Accounting Standards Board was created? That was five years before FASB-13... read more