The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation announced the following new developments:

• The Applied Economics Handbook, a new publication from the Foundation, has been released. It’s designed to provide industry leaders with insights on how to better leverage economic and equipment finance industry data and tools published by the Foundation and other research sources (MCI, MLFI, 2016 Equipment Leasing & Finance U.S. Economic Outlook, etc.)  to make better business decisions. It includes information such as step-by-step guidance for building forecasts.  There’s also an accompanying video that provides an overview of the Applied Economics Handbook’s features available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAUBBvFgtow.  The Handbook is available for sale at http://www.store.leasefoundation.org/cgi-bin/msascartdll.dll/ProductInfo?productcd=AppEco2016.
  
  
• Foundation-Keybridge Equipment & Software Investment Momentum Monitor, the monthly indices for 12 equipment and software investment verticals are now available free of charge. These indices are designed to identify turning points in their respective investment cycles with a 3 to 6-month lead time. The June Momentum Monitor is available at https://www.leasefoundation.org/research/eo/mm.cfm