After advancing above growth neutral last month for the first time since July 2023, Creighton University’s Rural Mainstreet Index sank below the 50.0 reading in December, according to the monthly survey of bank CEOs in rural areas of a 10-state region dependent on agriculture and/or energy. December’s overall reading plummeted to 39.6 from November’s much-stronger 50.2. It was 11th time this year that the overall reading has fallen below growth neutral.
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