Equipment Leasing Industry Find Companies Are Purchasing Equipment Again

(Reuters) - A key measure of U.S. business activity rose sharply in February from a year ago, as companies borrowed more to invest in their operations, but the reading was down slightly from the prior month and credit quality eased, a lender group told Reuters on Tuesday.

The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) said U.S. businesses originated $4.1 billion in loans, leases and lines of credit in February to invest in everything from computer hardware to office furniture and machinery.

That was slightly below January's $4.2 billion total and well below December's $9 billion figure, but up 28 percent from a year ago, when the U.S. economy was beginning its gradual recovery.

February marked the 10th consecutive month of year-over-year gains, and the third straight month such gains were above 20 percent.

"It's a nice, steady trendline up," said ELFA President and CEO William Sutton. "Everything we are seeing throughout the economy (points to) steady, albeit slow, growth."

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Lease Accounting Board Takes Stock of Responses

In two meetings over recent weeks, the accounting standard setters have started to consider how to finalize the new leasing standard. The Boards, (International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the US Financial  Accounting Standards Board (FASB), received reports from their staffs on the pattern of response to the exposure draft (ED) in the recent consultation, and subsequent meetings with stakeholders. 

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