November 2025
Missouri’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for November 2025 declined to 48.6 from 62.7 in October. For the third time in the past six months, the Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, a leading economic indicator for the nine-state region stretching from Minnesota to Arkansas, dropped below growth neutral.
Economists consider the index a key economic indicator. It measures such factors as new orders, production, supplier delivery times, backlogs, inventories, prices, employment, import orders and exports. Typically, a score greater than 50 indicates an expansionary economy while a score below 50 forecasts a sluggish economy. The US November PMI® for manufacturing registered 48.2, down 0.5 from October.
Note: The national purchasing manager's indices are produced by the Institute for Supply Management, formerly the Purchasing Management Association.