Missouri Business Index for July
Missouri’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) decreased by 1.2 points, from 55.3 in June 2026 to 54.1 in July 2026, while remaining in expansion territory. The Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, a leading economic indicator for a nine-state region stretching from Minnesota to Arkansas, was at 55.7 for the month. This index measures such factors as new orders, production, supplier delivery times, backlogs, inventories, prices, employment, import orders and exports. Typically, a score above 50 indicates an expansionary economy, while a score below 50 forecasts a sluggish economy.
Real Time Industry Report: Information
There were over 26,000 online job postings for the Information Technology industry from January 2025 to December 2025. The top occupation was Software Developers, which made up 7.9 percent of total industry job postings for the period. Top software skills requested in the Information Technology industry include Amazon Web Services, Python, and SQL. Other specialized skills commonly appearing in Information Technology job postings were project and workflow management, computer science, and automation.
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