Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s Survey of Economic Activity: Monthly Leasing and Finance Index
WASHINGTON, March 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25) , which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $1 trillion equipment finance sector, showed their overall new business volume for February was $7.9 billion, up 4% year-over-year from new business volume in February 2023.
- WASHINGTON, March 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25) , which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $1 trillion equipment finance sector, showed their overall new business volume for February was $7.9 billion, up 4% year-over-year from new business volume in February 2023.
- Receivables over 30 days were 2.2%, down from 2.3% the previous month and up from 1.8% in the same period in 2023.
- Separately, the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation’s Monthly Confidence Index (MCI-EFI) in March is 55.2, an increase from the February index of 51.7 and the highest level since April 2022.
- Tightening lending standards at banks are expanding opportunities for independent and captive equipment finance companies to provide critical productive assets that businesses need to operate.