US Chicago PMI

The Chicago Business Barometer, produced with MNI, cooled 6.0 points to 56.7 in June. The Barometer remained in expansionary territory for a second consecutive month. The fall was driven by declines in New Orders and Production, while rises in Supplier Deliveries, Order Backlogs and Employment provided some offset. New Orders declined 11.7 points, partially unwinding the strong rise seen in May (which took the index to its highest level since January 2022). New Orders remain in expansion for a second consecutive month. Production ...

The Chicago Business Barometer, produced with MNI, tempered 4.9 points to 52.8 after three consecutive rises. Still, the Barometer has now spent three months in expansionary territory. • The decline was driven by Employment, Production and New Orders. Lifts in Order Backlogs and Supplier Deliveries provided some offset. • Employment weakened 12.8 points, now back in contractionary territory after one month above 50. However, the index remains considerably above levels seen at the end of 2025. • Production lightened 9.3 points, driven ...

The Chicago Business BarometerTM, produced with MNI, climbed 3.7 points to 57.7 in February. Extending January’s strong increase, it saw a second consecutive month in expansionary territory after a run of twenty-five months below the key 50 mark. • The rise was driven by increases in Production, Employment, New Orders and Supplier Deliveries. A decline in Order Backlogs provided some offset. • Production strengthened 9.0 points to the highest level since November 2023, and marking two months above 50. • Employment grew 7.7 points to ...

The Chicago Business BarometerTM, produced with MNI, fell 0.9 points to 40.6 in September. The index now sits 0.2 points above the June reading, having now almost fully unwound July’s 6.7 point rise. The index has now been below 50 for twenty-two consecutive months. • The decline was driven by another sharp drop in New Orders, alongside declines in Supplier Deliveries and Employment. These dynamics were partly offset by rises in Production and Order Backlogs. • New Orders dropped 7.0 points, leaving the index just above the ...

The Chicago Business BarometerTM, produced with MNI slowed 5.6 points to 41.5 in August. This almost fully unwinds the rise seen in July. The index has now been below 50 for twenty-one consecutive months. • The decline was driven by a sharp pullback in New Orders, alongside falls in Employment, Production and Order Backlogs. This was partly offset by a rise in Supplier Deliveries. • New Orders dropped 10.8 points. This was the largest fall since September 2023, and was driven by a decrease in the proportion of respondents reporting ...