The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) releases the June 2015Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI) today. Designed to collect leadership data, the index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and expectations for the future as reported by key executives from the $903 billion equipment finance sector. Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market is 62.6, remaining essentially the same as the June index of 63.0.

美国设备融资租赁基金会公布2015年7月美国月度设备融资业信心指数 (MCI-EFI)。该指数通过收集领导层数据，对拥有9030亿美元行业资本的设备融资业各企业主要高管给出的普遍经营状况和未来期望做了定性评估。整体上，7月份美国设备融资市场信心指数为62.6，较6月份的63.0，相差无几。
When asked about the outlook for the future, MCI-EFI survey respondent David T. Schaefer, CEO, Mintaka Financial, LLC, said, “New applications for leases and loans increased significantly in the latter half of the second quarter. If this trend continues we would have a record third quarter post-recession. I’m moderately optimistic as we have experienced unsustained bursts in the recent past.”

当被问及美国设备融资租赁业未来发展前景时，MCI-EFI调查对象，Mintaka融资公司CEO, David T. Schaefer表示：“第二季度下半阶段，新的租赁和贷款申请显著增加。如果按这一趋势继续发展下去，租赁和贷款申请会在第三季度创下经济衰退后的新高。我对此比较乐观，近几年我们经历了间断性的活跃期”。

July 2015 Survey Results:

2015年7月美国设备融资租赁业信心调查结果：

The overall MCI-EFI is 62.6, essentially the same as the June index of 63.0.

整体的MCI-EFI为62.6，大体上与6月份的63.0一致。

• When asked to assess their business conditions over the next four months, 17.2% of executives responding said they believe business conditions will improve over the next four months, relatively unchanged from 17.9% in June. 75.9% of respondents believe business conditions will remain the same over the next four months, a decrease from 82.1% in June. 6.9% believe business conditions will worsen, an increase from none who believed so the previous month.

当被问及如何评价未来四个月经营状况时，17.2%的受访高管认为未来四个月的经营状况将会改善，相对于6月的17.9%来说没有太大变化。75.9%的受访者认为未来四个月的经营状况将保持原状，较6月的82.1%有所回落。6.9%受访者认为经营状况会变糟，较上个月的零比例，呈上升趋势。
• 20.7% of survey respondents believe demand for leases and loans to fund capital expenditures (capex) will increase over the next four months, down slightly from 21.4% in June. 72.4% believe demand will “remain the same” during the same four-month time period, down from 78.6% the previous month. 6.9% believe demand will decline, an increase from none who believed so in June.

20.7%的受访者认为未来四个月通过租赁和贷款获得资本支出(capex)的需求会上升，低于6月的21.4%。72.4%的受访者认为四个月内的需求不会改变，较6月78.6%的比例有所下滑。6.9%受访者认为7月需求会下降，高于上个月的零比例。
• 20.7% of executives expect more access to capital to fund equipment acquisitions over the next four months, down from 25% in June. 79.3% of survey respondents indicate they expect the “same” access to capital to fund business, up from 75% in June. None expect “less” access to capital, unchanged from the previous month.

20.7%的高管期望未来四个月获得的设备采购资金增多，较6月的25%略有下降。79.3%的受访者期望未来四个月获得的设备采购资金不变，较6月的75%略有上升。与上个月一样，没有受访者预测获得的设备采购资金减少。
• When asked, 51.7% of the executives report they expect to hire more employees over the next four months, a decrease from 57.1% in June. 48.3% expect no change in headcount over the next four months, up from 35.7% last month. None expect to hire fewer employees, down from 7.1% who expected fewer in June.

51.7%的受访高管预测未来四个月雇佣更多的员工，较6月的57.1%略有下降。48.3%的受访高管预测未来四个月员工总数不变，比上个月的35.7%有所回升。没有受访高管计划减少员工数量，比6月的7.1%略有下降。
• 13.8% of the leadership evaluates the current U.S. economy as “excellent,” an increase from 3.6% last month. 82.8% of the leadership evaluates the current U.S. economy as “fair,” down from 96.4% in June. 3.5% rate it as “poor,” an increase from none the previous month.

13.8%的受访高管评估当下美国经济形势“非常好”，较上个月的3.6%上扬趋势明显。82.8%的受访高管认为当前美国经济形势“一般”，较6月的96.4%有所下降。3.5%受访高管认为当前美国经济形势“差”，较上个月的零比例有所上升。
• 24.1% of the survey respondents believe that U.S. economic conditions will get “better” over the next six months, a decrease from 28.6% who believed so in June. 69% of survey respondents indicate they believe the U.S. economy will “stay the same” over the next six months, an increase from 67.9% in June. 6.9% believe economic conditions in the U.S. will worsen over the next six months, an increase from 3.6% who believed so last month.

24.1%的受访者认为未来六个月美国经济状况会“更好”，低于6月的28.6%。69%的受访者认为未来六个月美国经济状况“不变”，较6月的67.9%略微上升。6.9%受访者认为未来六个月美国经济状况会“变差”，较上个月的3.6%有所上升。
• In July, 48.3% of respondents indicate they believe their company will increase spending on business development activities during the next six months, an increase from 35.7% in June. 51.7% believe there will be “no change” in business development spending, a decrease from 60.7% last month. None believe there will be a decrease in spending, down from 3.6% who believed so last month.

7月，48.3%的受访者预计未来六个月他们所在的公司会增加用于业务发展的支出，高于6月的35.7%。51.7%的受访者认为未来六个月所在公司的业务发展支出不会增加，低于上个月的60.7%。，没有受访者认为未来六个月所在公司会减少业务发展支出，较6月的3.6%有所下降。