After six straight months of positive readings, the Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, a leading economic indicator for the nine-state region stretching from Minnesota to Arkansas, sank below 50.0 growth neutral threshold for July. The index declined to 49.4 for July from 50.7 in June. Employment losses occurred for the fourth straight month. Inflationary pressures are moving higher at the wholesale level.
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