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| Subject: Deflation Is Coming To The Auto Industry As Used Car Prices Drop, Off-Lease Deluge Looms Tue Mar 08, 2016 9:17 pm | |
| Last week, we learned that vehicle leasing as a percentage of monthly light-vehicle sales hit a record in February at 32.3%.
In other words, a third of the over 1 million cars and light trucks “sold” during the month were leases, according to J.D. Power.
This is indicative of what is now a long-term trend. Have a look at the following chart from WSJ, which shows that since 2009, the share of monthly auto leases as a percentage of vehicle sales well more than tripled:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-03-08/deflation-coming-auto-industry-used-car-prices-drop-lease-deluge-looms |
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