March 2016 Monthly Confidence Index for Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI) shows market confidence at 51.6, which is up from February's 48.3. Survey covers business conditions, demand for leases and loans to fund capex, degree of access to capital to fund equipment acquisitions, and hiring expectancies for next 4 months. In addition to evaluation of current U.S. economy, survey asks about U.S. economic conditions over next 6 months and business development activities spending.