Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index

Creighton University’s Rural Mainstreet Index stayed above growth neutral for the seventh month in a row. The monthly survey of bank CEOs in areas that rely on agriculture and energy shows that the June index fell to a still strong 70.0 fro ...

For the seventh month in a row, the Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index stayed above growth neutral. The overall index is still strong at 70, falling almost nine points from May’s record high (78.8). The index ranges from zero to 100, with 50 being growth neutral. That ...

Last month’s Creighton Rural Mainstreet Index posted its highest reading in six months. While the index level climbed above growth neutral at 53.2 in October, it also shows that a recession continues in Rural America. Creighton University’s Dr. Ernie Goss ...

The Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index increased slightly in August from July’s weak index number. A monthly survey of bank CEOs in rural areas of a 10-state region that depends on agriculture and energy shows the August index is the sixth-straight month of a number below growth-neutral. ...

The latest Rural Mainstreet Index from Creighton University shows farmland prices are declining while farmer borrowing is growing. Released last week, the overall index for May increased to 12.5 from April's record low 12.1, but down significantly from March's 35 ...

January’s Rural Mainstreet Index from Creighton University climbed to its highest level since June of 2018.  It’s the fifth-straight month the reading has been above growth neutral in the survey of bank CEOs in a ten-state region that relies primarily on agriculture and/or energy.  The overall in...

The Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index remained above growth-neutral in December.  It’s the fourth-straight month, and tenth time in the past 12 months in the Index moved higher.  The index is a monthly survey of bank CEOs in rural areas of a 10-state region that depends on agriculture and/or energy.   While ...

The Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index for October climbed above growth-neutral.  The index is a monthly survey of bank CEOs in rural areas of a 10-state region that depends on agriculture and/or energy.   The index rose to 51.4 in Octo...

The Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index for February fell but remained above growth neutral.  The monthly survey of bank CEOs in rural areas of a 10-state Midwest region dependent on agriculture and energy sank to 50.2 from January's 51.5.  ...

Rural bankers expect farmland prices will continue to decline.  In the latest Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index, Midwest lenders on average estimated that farmland prices declined by 4.0% over the past 12 months and expect farmland prices to fall by another 3.2% over t...