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Equipment Finance Industry Monthly Confidence Increase Reflects Increasing Optimism

Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation

The majority of survey respondents believe business conditions will remain the same or improve over the next four months; only 3.2% believe conditions will worsen.
The majority of survey respondents believe business conditions will remain the same or improve over the next four months; only 3.2% believe conditions will worsen.

The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) releases the May 2013 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI) today. Designed to collect leadership data, the index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and expectations for the future as reported by key executives from the $725 billion equipment finance sector. Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market is 56.7, an increase from the April index of 54...
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Equipment Finance Industry Monthly Confidence Increase Reflects Increasing Optimism

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