The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) releases the June 2015 Monthly 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 63.0, easing from the May index of 67.5.

美國設備融資租賃基金會公布2015年6月月度設備融資業信心指數 (MCI-EFI)。該指數通過收集領導層數據，對擁有9030億美元行業資本的設備融資業各企業主要高管給出的普遍經營狀況和未來期望做了定性評估。總體顯示，6月份美國設備融資市場信心指數為63.0，較5月份的67.5有所下降。
 
When asked about the outlook for the future, MCI-EFI survey respondent Thomas Jaschik, President, BB&T Equipment Finance, said, "I believe any rise in interest rates will spur activity within the equipment finance industry. Companies continue to defer capital expenditures as long as possible. A rise in interest rates will hopefully provide a catalyst to accelerate capital expenditures as costs may rise in the future."

當被問及設備融資業未來前景時，MCI-EFI調查對象，BB&T設備融資公司總裁，Thomas Jaschik認為：“美國利率上漲將會刺激設備融資業的發展。公司將繼續盡可能推遲其資本支出。利率上升未來融資成本可能增加，這對加速資本支出起到催化作用。”

When asked to assess their business conditions over the next four months, 17.9% of executives responding said they believe business conditions will improve over the next four months, down from 30.8% in May. 82.1% of respondents believe business conditions will remain the same over the next four months, up from 69.2% in May. None believe business conditions will worsen, unchanged from the previous month.

當被問及如何評價未來四個月經營狀況時，17.9%的受訪高管認為未來四個月的經營狀況將會改善，這一比例較5月的30.8%有所下降。82.1%的受訪者認為未來四個月的經營狀況將保持原狀，較5月的69.2%有所上升。沒有受訪者認為經營狀況會變糟，這與上個月的比例一樣。

21.4% of survey respondents believe demand for leases and loans to fund capital expenditures (capex) will increase over the next four months, down from 34.6% in May. 78.6% believe demand will "remain the same" during the same four-month time period, up from 65.4% the previous month. None believe demand will decline, unchanged from May.

21.4%的受訪者認為未來四個月通過租賃和貸款獲得資金的需求會上升，這一比例低于5月的34.6%。78.6%的受訪者認為四個月內的需求不會改變，較5月65.4%的比例有所上升。與上個月相同，沒有受訪者認為6月需求會下降。

25% of executives expect more access to capital to fund equipment acquisitions over the next four months, down from 38.5% in May. 75% of survey respondents indicate they expect the "same" access to capital to fund business, up from 57.7% in May. None expect "less" access to capital, down from 3.9% who expected less access to capital the previous month.

25%的高管期望未來四個月獲得的設備采購資金增多，這一比例比5月的38.5%略有下降。75%的受訪者期望未來四個月獲得的設備采購資金不變，比5月的57.7%略有上升。沒有受訪者預測獲得的設備采購資金減少，與上個月的3.9%受訪者預測獲得的設備采購資金減少相比，有所下降。

When asked, 57.1% of the executives reported they expect to hire more employees over the next four months, an increase from 53.9% in May. 35.7% expect no change in headcount over the next four months, down from 42.3% last month. 7.1% expect to hire fewer employees, up from 3.9% who expected fewer in May.

57.1%的受訪高管預測未來四個月雇傭更多的員工，這一比例較5月的53.9%略有回升。35.7%的受訪高管預測未來四個月員工總數不變，比上個月的42.3%有所下降。7.1%受訪高管計劃減少員工數量，比5月的3.9%略有上升。

3.6% of the leadership evaluate the current U.S. economy as "excellent," relatively unchanged from 3.9% last month. 96.4% of the leadership evaluate the current U.S. economy as "fair," and none rate it as "poor," both unchanged from the previous month.

3.6%的受訪高管評估當下美國經濟形勢非常好，這一比例較上個月的3.9%變化較小。96.4%的受訪高管認為當前美國經濟形勢一般，沒有受訪高管認為當前美國經濟形勢差，二者較上個月變化都不大。

28.6% of the survey respondents believe that U.S. economic conditions will get "better" over the next six months, a decrease from 34.6 % who believed so in May. 67.9% of survey respondents indicate they believe the U.S. economy will "stay the same" over the next six months, an increase from 65.4% in May. 3.6% believe economic conditions in the U.S. will worsen over the next six months, an increase from none who believed so last month.

28.6%的受訪者認為未來六個月美國經濟狀況會更好，這一比例低于5月的34.6%。67.9%的受訪者認為未來六個月美國經濟狀況保持不變，較5月的65.4%有所上升。3.6%受訪者認為未來六個月美國經濟狀況會變差，較上個月的零比例有所上升。

In June, 35.7% of respondents indicate they believe their company will increase spending on business development activities during the next six months, a decrease from 50% in May. 60.7% believe there will be "no change" in business development spending, an increase from 46.2% last month. 3.6% believe there will be a decrease in spending, relatively unchanged from 3.9% who believed so last month.

從6月份看，35.7%的受訪者預計未來六個月他們所在的公司會增加用于業務發展的支出，低于5月的50%。60.7%的受訪者認為未來六個月所在公司的業務發展支出不會增加，高于上個月的46.2%。3.6%的受訪者認為未來六個月所在公司會減少業務發展支出，較5月的3.9%沒有太大變化。