S&P Global Ratings now expects the U.S. economy to expand 1.5 percent in 2024 on an annual average basis (up from 1.3 percent in our September forecast) and…
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) has released the August 2023 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both…
The Marcum Commercial Construction Index for the first quarter of 2023 reports that the construction industry retains momentum despite still-elevated inflation and ongoing labor shortages. Despite that momentum,…
The housing recession that began in 2022 will bleed into 2023 as elevated inflation and mortgage rates, coupled with stubbornly high building material construction costs, continue…
Due to greater than expected inflationary pressure and further interest rates hikes, construction output in North America is forecast to contract to -3.1 percent in 2022…
The Marcum Commercial Construction Index for the second quarter of 2022 reports that the construction industry continues to face rising costs and shortages of both labor and materials,…