December 2025
Missouri’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for December 2025 increased to 55.8 from 48.6 in November. Component indices of inventories (71.8) and delivery lead time (57.1) helped raise Missouri’s overall index for the month. Conditions are mixed across the region as the regional index fell below 50 for the fourth time in six months. The Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index is a leading economic indicator for the nine-state region stretching from Minnesota to Arkansas. 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 December PMI® for manufacturing registered 47.9, down 0.3 from November.
Note: The national purchasing manager's indices are produced by the Institute for Supply Management, formerly the Purchasing Management Association.