Indeed, a loan or lease origination is what typically generates an investment in equipment and signals business growth.9 To explore recent loan and lease originations to small businesses, we can look at the PayNet/Thomson Reuters Small Business Lending Index (SBLI).
For inclusion in this index, a loan or lease must be originated to a business borrower who has total loan outstandings across all qualifying lenders of less than $ million at both the start and the end of the month in question.