Balancing Business Growth, Capital Equipment Needs and Liquidity During COVID-19

Throughout most of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic roiled financial markets, threatening businesses and impeding access to capital.  While many companies needed to invest in their infrastructure, most tended toward managing liquidity rather than buying equipment outright.  To complicate matters, capital markets tightened their lending standards.  Yet despite being a cash-sensitive year, 39% of manufacturing businesses increased their […]