Released by Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation, October 2013 Monthly Confidence Index for Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI) shows confidence in equipment finance market at 54.0. This decline from September's 61.3 demonstrates negative impact of federal government’s budget response. None of those surveyed believe U.S. economic conditions will improve over next 6 months (down 18.2% from September), while 89% indicated conditions will stay same, and 11% believe conditions will ...This story is related to the following:Trade Associations