Economic activity in the hospital subsector grew in February for the ninth consecutive month, according to the latest Hospital ISM Report on Business from the Institute for Supply Management. read more

MAR 9, 2021 - 6:13 am

Economic activity in the services sector grew in February for the ninth month in a row, according to the latest Services ISM Report on Business from the Institute for Supply Management. read more

MAR 8, 2021 - 6:28 am

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector grew in February, with the overall economy notching a ninth consecutive month of growth, according to the latest Manufacturing ISM Report on Business from the Institute for Supply Management. read more

MAR 3, 2021 - 6:41 am

Many small and mid-sized business owners strongly support vaccinations for COVID-19 and plan to encourage their employees to get the shots, which are central to a return to normalcy, according to the latest PNC semi-annual national small business survey. read more

MAR 2, 2021 - 7:12 am

According to the ELFA’s Monthly Leasing and Finance Index, overall new business volume for January 2021 was $8.1 billion, down 12% year over year from new business volume in January 2020. In addition, volume was down 33% month to month from $12.1 billion in December. read more

FEB 24, 2021 - 6:43 am

Small business loan approval percentages at big banks ($10 billion or more in assets) increased slightly to 13.2% in January 2021 from December 2020’s figure of 13.1%, according to Biz2Credit. In comparison, in January 2020, big banks approved a record high of 28.3% of the funding requests they received. read more

FEB 10, 2021 - 6:55 am

The national Citizens Business Conditions Index posted a second consecutive quarter of gains as optimism fueled by COVID-19 vaccine announcements and increased election certainty began to outweigh concerns about spiking pandemic cases. read more

FEB 8, 2021 - 5:20 am

Economic activity in the services sector grew in January for the eighth month in a row, according to the latest Services ISM Report on Business from the Institute for Supply Management. read more

FEB 4, 2021 - 6:48 am

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector grew in January, with the overall economy notching an eighth consecutive month of growth, according to the latest Manufacturing ISM Report on Business from the Institute for Supply Management. read more

FEB 2, 2021 - 6:23 am

According to its most recent economic forecast, the Institute for Supply Management expects that economic improvement will continue in the United States in 2021. Capital expenditures are expected to increase by 2.4% in the manufacturing sector and increase by 12.7% in the services sector. read more

JAN 20, 2021 - 6:50 am

Economic activity in the services sector grew in December for the seventh month in a row, according to the latest Services ISM Report on Business from the Institute for Supply Management. read more

JAN 8, 2021 - 6:20 am

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector grew in December, with the overall economy notching an eighth consecutive month of growth, according to the Institute for Supply Management. read more

JAN 6, 2021 - 6:55 am

The National Association of Credit Management’s Credit Manager’s Index held strong in December, with a combined score of 57.8, which was down a tenth of a point from November and 0.6 points from October. December’s score is more than three points higher than December 2019. read more

JAN 4, 2021 - 7:02 am

According to the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation, despite a surge in Q3/20, due to the historic deep decline in Q2/20, the U.S. economy is expected to end the year down 3.5% from 2019. However, the economy is expected to grow 4.7% in 2021. read more

DEC 22, 2020 - 6:46 am

According to the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation’s December 2020 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI), overall confidence in the equipment finance market is 59.7, an increase from the November index of 56.1. read more

DEC 18, 2020 - 7:04 am