Creighton’s Rural Economic Index Remains Negative

For the ninth time in 2025, Creighton University’s Rural Mainstreet Index sank below growth neutral 50.0, according to the monthly survey of bank CEOs in rural areas of a 10-state region dependent on agriculture and energy. The region’s overall reading for November increased to a weak 44.0 from October’s 34.6, its lowest level since May 2020. Approximately, 31.8 percent of bankers reported that their local economy was in a recession.