ernie goss

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 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...