According to the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation’s February 2022 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI), overall confidence in the equipment finance market is 61.8, easing from the January index of 63.9. read more

FEB 17, 2022 - 6:41 am

Small business loan approval percentages at big banks (more than $10 billion in assets) increased from 14.3% in December to 14.5% in January and approval rates at small banks (under $10 billion in assets) rose from 20.1% in December to 20.3% in January, according to Biz2Credit. read more

FEB 9, 2022 - 6:23 am

According to a list of takeaways from the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s recent webinar covering a summary of the findings of its Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25) reports from 2021, metrics from the index in 2021 were positive overall. read more

FEB 8, 2022 - 6:40 am

Citizens reported that its Citizens Business Conditions Index (CBCI) dropped to a mark of 54.4 for Q4/21, down from 57.8 at the end of September but still in expansionary territory. read more

JAN 28, 2022 - 6:41 am

According to the ELFA’s Monthly Leasing and Finance Index, overall new business volume for December 2021 was $11.8 billion, down 3% year over year from new business volume in December 2020. However, cumulative new business volume for 2021 was up almost 9% compared with 2020. read more

JAN 26, 2022 - 6:41 am

According to the annual outlook from Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group’s capital markets team, corporates have embarked on a "feverish pace" of capital-expenditure investment and strategic activity in response to a rapidly evolving landscape. read more

JAN 25, 2022 - 6:32 am

Middle-market companies and private equity firms foresee an extremely strong year for the M&A market in 2022, with bullish forecasts for both deal volumes and for company valuations, according to a Citizens survey of 400 leaders at U.S. middle-market companies and private equity firms. read more

JAN 24, 2022 - 6:05 am

American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 1% in December after rising 0.5% in November. In December, the index equaled 114.7 (2015=100) compared with 113.5 in November. read more

JAN 24, 2022 - 6:02 am

According to the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation’s January 2022 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry, overall confidence in the equipment finance market is 63.9, unchanged from the December 2021 index. read more

JAN 20, 2022 - 6:31 am

According to Wells Fargo’s 2022 construction industry forecast, there is renewed optimism among nonresidential contractors and distributors for increasing profits and new equipment sales in the year ahead. read more

JAN 19, 2022 - 6:23 am

The U.S. economy is moving from a post-reopening boom phase toward a moderating period, which, depending on policy prescription, may end up feeling like a mid-cycle slowdown in the second half of 2022, according to Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. read more

JAN 19, 2022 - 6:18 am

According to the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), overall new business volume for November was $7.9 billion, up 8% year over year from new business volume in November 2020. However, volume was down 26% from $10.7 billion in October. read more

DEC 22, 2021 - 6:23 am

The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released its Q1/22 Equipment Leasing & Finance Industry Snapshot. According to the snapshot, the U.S. economy will grow by 3.5% in 2022 and equipment investment will grow at a 4.6% pace. read more

DEC 21, 2021 - 6:35 am

A new study from Biz2Credit that analyzed 2020 and 2021 industry trends among small businesses found that information technology firms received the most funding of any industry in terms of volume and the highest average amount of funding during the study time frame. read more

DEC 20, 2021 - 6:51 am

According to the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation’s December 2021 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry, overall confidence in the equipment finance market is 63.9, a decrease from the November index of 64.6. read more

DEC 16, 2021 - 7:01 am