The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation raised its annual U.S. GDP forecast to 1.6% but decreased its annual estimate for equipment and software investment growth to 0.9% in the third quarter update to its 2023 Equipment Leasing & Finance U.S. Economic Outlook. read more

JUL 19, 2023 - 7:05 am

Equipment and software investment growth cooled in the early months of 2023, with the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation lowering its annual forecast for investment growth to 1%, according to the Q2 update to its 2023 economic outlook. read more

APR 19, 2023 - 6:57 am

In what is likely to be challenging year for both the U.S. economy and the equipment finance industry, equipment and software investment will grow by 4.2% in 2023, according to the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation. read more

DEC 16, 2022 - 6:57 am

The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released its Q4/21 Equipment Leasing & Finance Industry Snapshot. In the snapshot, the ELFF projects a final growth rate of 5.3% for the U.S. economy this year while warning of fiscal policy uncertainty and concerns about high inflation. read more

OCT 19, 2021 - 6:05 am

Owing largely to the burst of business activity in the spring and early summer that came in part thanks to rising vaccination rates, equipment and software investment is expected to grow 13.2% this year, according to the Q4 update to the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation’s 2021 Equipment Leasing & Finance U.S. Economic Outlook. read more

OCT 13, 2021 - 6:31 am

According to the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation’s Q3 2021 Equipment Leasing & Finance Industry Snapshot, equipment and software investment is projected to expand by 13.3% in 2021, the strongest year in a decade. read more

JUL 21, 2021 - 6:46 am

The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released its Q2 2021 Equipment Leasing & Finance Industry Snapshot. According to the snapshot, a historic stimulus, record-high savings rates and below-trend spending are among the economic tailwinds for this year. read more

APR 20, 2021 - 6:16 am

Annual equipment and software investment is expected to grow 11.2% in 2021 and U.S. GDP is expected to grow 5.7% in 2021, according to the Q2 update to the 2021 Equipment Leasing & Finance U.S. Economic Outlook from the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation. read more

APR 14, 2021 - 6:39 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

Annual equipment and software investment will grow 7.8% in 2021, while annual U.S. GDP will grow 4.7%, according to a report from the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation. read more

DEC 17, 2020 - 7:09 am

Although the outlook for the U.S. economy is among the most uncertain on record, equipment finance industry leaders expect moderate portfolio growth in 2021, but performance will be highly sector-dependent, according to a new study from the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation. read more

OCT 28, 2020 - 7:41 am

According to the ELFF, equipment and software investment collapsed 27.7% in the second quarter, which was the sharpest decline since the Great Recession. However, E&S investment is forecasted to return to positive territory during the second half of 2020. read more

OCT 13, 2020 - 7:20 am

After severe declines in equipment and software investment in Q1/20 and Q2/20 due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, investment in equipment and software bounced back in Q3/20, according to the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation. read more

OCT 7, 2020 - 7:10 am

The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the Q3 2019 Equipment Leasing & Finance Industry Snapshot. read more

JUL 19, 2019 - 6:50 am

The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the Q1/19 Equipment Leasing & Finance Industry Snapshot, a resource for industry participants to incorporate into executive briefings and presentations. read more

DEC 13, 2018 - 6:50 am