Market Trends & Forecasts

• Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25) Products
  The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association's (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25) reports on equipment finance activity such as New Business Volume, Aging of Receivables, Net Investment at Risk, Average Losses, Credit Approval Ratios, and Total Number of Employees. MLFI products include MLFI & Beige Book Quarterly Analysis, recording of the quarterly analyst calls, Monthly Leasing & Finance Index (MLFI) (current and historical), and the small ticket MLFI.
• Equipment Market Analysis
  Analysis of the major equipment sectors for the Equipment Finance industry. Provides information on business fixed investment for the most recently completed year, and estimated financing volumes for the major equipment categories. Also provides statistics on the largest members who participated in the Survey of Equipment Finance Activity. Usually released and updated on an annual basis when the Department of Commerce releases its business fixed investment data series.
• Equipment Financing Volume & Public & Private Investment in Equipment & Software
  This chart provides information on the size of the equipment finance marketplace in the United States. The data is provided from the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation.
• Financing Volume by Equipment Type
  The data from this section originates from the Survey of Equipment Finance Activity (SEFA). Of all the survey participants, we ask respondents to break out their new business volume by equipment type for two consecutive years. Data is also broken out by industry in the SEFA report.
• Leasing/Finance Company Merger & Acquisition Activity
  M&A information on Equipment Finance organizations. Data goes back to 1997, and provides information about the date completed and the value of the acquisition.
• What's Hot, What's Not 2013
  Want to get a gauge on what's happening within various equipment markets? Independent Equipment Company annually compiles and rates secondary market outlooks for selected categories of equipment which are commonly financed by leasing and asset-based lending companies.