The Latest ELFA and Foundation Data

52% of smaller to medium sized equipment finance companies provide reimbursement for degree programs, according to ELFA’s 2017 Small & Medium Enterprise Compensation Survey. Source: HTTP://BIT.LY/2Q5R4FL

New business volume grew 20%
year-over-year in February 2018, according to ELFA’s Monthly Leasing and Finance Index at www.elfaonline.org/data/mlfi.

Return on Average Equity is highest for the following industry segments:

The U.S. economy expanded at a 2.9% annual pace in the fourth quarter of 2017, bringing GDP growth to 2.3% for the year. Learn more in the Foundation’s Industry Snapshot, a presentation slide deck summarizing the current conditions of the U.S. economy and equipment finance industry, at http://bit.ly/ELFFSnapshot.




40% of “Generation Z” worry about the impact of job automation on employment. The more we know about our future employees now, the better we can plan for success in 2030, when business and lifestyle perspectives and technology will be radically different from today. Learn more in the Industry Future Council report at bit.ly/ELFFIFC.

U.S. Equipment & Software Investment Growth



Equipment and software investment are expected to grow 8.5% in 2018, the strongest performance since 2012. That’s according to the Q2 update to the Foundation’s 2018 Equipment Leasing & Finance U.S. Economic Outlook. Access the full report at http://bit.ly/ELFFEconomicOutlook.