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outlook

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Equipment leasing and finance industry
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he Equipment Leasing & Finance six months, an increase from 59.4% in
Foundation (the Foundation) released February. No one believes economic IT ALL
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the March 2014 Monthly Confidence conditions in the U.S. will worsen over
Index for the Equipment Finance Industry the next six months, a decrease from
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(MCI-EFI). Designed to collect leadership 6.2% last month.
data, the index reports a qualitative assess- In March, 45.7% of respondents indicate
ment of both the prevailing business con- they believe their company will increase  
ditions and expectations for the future as spending on business development activities 
reported by key executives from the $827 during the next six months, a decrease from
billion equipment finance sector. Overall, 56.3% in February. 54.3% believe there will We continue to redefine independent distribution within the telecommunications and networking channel
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63.3. The first quarter MCI levels are the spending, unchanged from last month.
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When asked about the outlook for the
future, MCI survey respondent Daryn IntelliSIP
Lecy, VP of Operations, Stearns Bank TM
N.A. Equipment Finance Division, said,
“Considering we are coming off what are typ-
ically slower months and the likelihood that
our extra-aggressive winter further impacted
new business, we remain optimistic for 2014.
We are fortunate to be experiencing year- The
over-year growth, increasing demand, and
overall solid delinquency levels.”
March 2014 Survey Results:
Intelligent
The overall MCI-EFI is 65.1, an increase
from the February index of 63.3.
When asked to assess their business Way to
conditions over the next four months, 31.4% of executives responding said they
believe business conditions will improve
over the next four months, up from 21.2% SIP Trunk.
in February. 65.7% of respondents believe
business conditions will remain the same
over the next four months, down from
72.7% in February. 2.9% believe business
conditions will worsen, down from 6.1%
who believed so the previous month.
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over the next four months, up from
24.2% in February. 62.9% believe
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the same four-month time period, down
from 69.7% the previous month. 5.7%
believe demand will decline, down from Robust, Redundant, Stable
6.1% who believed so in February.
• 31.4% of executives expect more access
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over the next four months, unchanged
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• When asked, 40% of the executives reported they expect to hire more employ-
ees over the next four months, relatively
unchanged from February. 60% expect
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