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In the Equipment Leasing Association's (ELA) recentlyreleased survey covering business owners' attitudes towardleasing, the big surprise was not an attitude change, but the lackthereof. Nearly 70 percent of respondents said the newly enactedJobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, whichincreases the depreciation allowance, would not affect whether theylease or buy. The reason for this flat-line change, says ELApresident Michael Fleming, is that "we're in a very, verylow interest-rate environment, and people have opted to buy."Fleming mentions, however, that "as interest rates start totick up, more people will start showing interest in leasingoptions."
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