July 2025
Missouri’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for July 2025 was 51.8, increasing 1.0 points from the June level of 50.8, and remaining in expansion territory. After six straight months of above growth neutral readings, the Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, a leading economic indicator for the nine-state region stretching from Minnesota to Arkansas, sank below 50.0 growth neutral threshold for July 2025.
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 May PMI® for manufacturing registered 48.0, down 1.0 from June.
Note: The national purchasing manager's indices are produced by the Institute for Supply Management, formerly the Purchasing Management Association.