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A collapse in investments and the legislator have a retarding effect on leasing - 23% less new business in 2009

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  • Arno Städtler
  • Joachim Gürtler

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The recession has fully impacted the leasing sector, as the latest Ifo Investment Survey of German leasing companies shows. In 2008 total new business in leasing decreased by 1.1%, and leasing's share of total investments (excluding housing) declined from 17.0% to 16.1%. New business in movable capital assets plunged in the period from January to September alone by ca. 30 percent vis-à-vis the comparable previous-year period. On average for the year, business losses in leasing will amount to almost 23%, with mobile leasing shrinking by 23% and immovable leasing by around 22%. According to the autumn forecast of the institutes for total investment in the economy, which assumed a nominal decline of 13% for 2009, this means that the leasing ratio will fall from 16.1% to 14.4% in 2009. Although the current investment cycle bottomed out in 2009, the prospects of a quick revival in investment spending are slight. The recessionary evolution of investments could last even longer. The Ifo/BDL investment indicator points to further declines in plant and equipment spending through the greater part of 2010.

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  • Arno Städtler & Joachim Gürtler, 2009. "A collapse in investments and the legislator have a retarding effect on leasing - 23% less new business in 2009," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 62(24), pages 65-77, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ces:ifosdt:v:62:y:2009:i:24:p:65-77
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    1. Joachim Gürtler & Arno Städtler, 2010. "Hardly any hope for a rapid recovery in equipment investments - business climate in the leasing sector remains poor," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 63(07), pages 23-26, April.

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    • L89 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Other

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