U.S. business borrowing for equipment falls 13% in September: ELFA

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U.S. companies' borrowings for capital investments fell about 13% in September from a year earlier, the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) said on Thursday.

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- U.S. companies’ borrowings for capital investments fell about 13% in September from a year earlier, the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association said on Thursday. The companies signed up for $8.7 billion in new loans, leases and lines of credit last month, down from $10 billion a year earlier. Borrowings in September rose 24% from the previous month.

“Despite the drop in September year-over-year new business, a look at the data beginning with the advent of the pandemic in February shows that the industry, in general, is holding its own,” ELFA Chief Executive Officer Ralph Petta said.Washington-based ELFA, which reports economic activity for the nearly $1-trillion equipment finance sector, said credit approvals rose to 72.9% in September from 71% in August.

ELFA’s leasing and finance index measures the volume of commercial equipment financed in the United States.

 

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