The October Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index climbed about growth neutral in October at 52.6. The Kansas Business Conditions Index for October rose to 54.6 from September’s 51.1, but Creighton University Economist Ernie Goss says we have to look around the world to continue to grow.
However, despite the negative impacts of the trade war, more than half of supply managers support continuing or even expanding trade restrictions and tariffs on Chinese imports.
