August 2025
Missouri’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for August 2025 was 54.4, increasing 2.6 points from the July level of 50.8, and remaining in expansion territory. For the seventh time in 2025, the Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, a leading economic indicator for the nine-state region stretching from Minnesota to Arkansas, rose slightly above growth neutral in August.
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 48.7, up 0.7 from July.
Note: The national purchasing manager's indices are produced by the Institute for Supply Management, formerly the Purchasing Management Association.