Economic Outlook
Recent Survey Results
Mid-America Manufacturing Index Falls Below Growth Neutral
Wholesale Inflation Gauge Drops to 2025 Low
November 2025 Survey Highlights:
- For the third time in the past five months, the Mid-America Business Conditions Index moved slightly below growth neutral.
- The regional manufacturing sector shed jobs for the eighth straight month.
- Approximately, 40% of supply managers indicated their wage growth over the past year had been less than the increase in the cost-of-living.
- The November wholesale price gauge declined to its lowest reading this year.
- Both imports and exports remained weak.
- For September and October of 2025, the average weekly number of workers in the nine-state region receiving unemployment compensation was 3.7% higher when compared to the same period in 2024.
