Business Conditions Index rises in Missouri, drops in Kansas

December 2021

The Mid-America Business Conditions Index for the nine-state region shows Missouri’s index rose to 66.3 in November from 64.4 in October. Kansas’ showed a decline, falling to 61.2 from 66.5 in October.

The Business Conditions Index is a mathematical average of indices for new orders, production or sales, employment, inventories and delivery lead time. This is the same methodology, used since 1931 by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), formerly the National Association of Purchasing Management. The Mid-America report is produced independently of the national ISM.

The Kansas Business Conditions Index for November fell to 61.2 from 66.5 in October. Components of the leading economic indicator from the monthly survey of supply managers were: new orders at 57.4, production or sales at 54.1, delivery lead time at 79.5, employment at 60.7, and inventories at 54.2.

Missouri’s Business Conditions Index rose to 66.3 from 64.4 in October. Components of the overall index from the survey of supply managers for November were: new orders at 66.8, production or sales at 54.1, delivery lead time at 84.8, inventories at 62.4, and employment at 63.4.