U.S. companies' borrowings for capital investments fell about 13per cent in September from a year earlier, the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association said on Thursday.
FILE PHOTO: Cranes and other construction equipment are seen towering over Las Vegas hotels at CONEXPO-CON/AGG convention at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. March 9, 2017. REUTERS/David BeckerREUTERS: U.S. companies' borrowings for capital investments fell about 13per cent in September from a year earlier, the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association said on Thursday.
The companies signed up for US$8.7 billion in new loans, leases and lines of credit last month, down from US$10 billion a year earlier. Borrowings in September rose 24per cent 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.
ELFA's leasing and finance index measures the volume of commercial equipment financed in the United States.The index is based on a survey of 25 members, including Bank of America Corp , CIT Group Inc and the financing affiliates or units of Caterpillar Inc , Dell Technologies Inc , Siemens AG , Canon Inc and Volvo AB .
The Equipment Leasing and Finance Foundation, ELFA's non-profit affiliate, reported monthly confidence index of 55 in October, down from the September reading of 56.5.
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