Chicago Business Barometer

The Chicago Business Barometer, reported by MNI Indicators, provides a monthly snapshot of U.S. economic activity as seen by a survey panel of local purchasing and supply management professionals. It consists of seven business activity indicators and three buying policy indicators. This data is available to our executive and premium members and dates back to January 2008.

Chicago Business Barometer

wdt_ID	Date	Index	3MMA
1	January 1, 2008	51.5
2	February 1, 2008	44.5
3	March 1, 2008	48.2
4	April 1, 2008	48.3
5	May 1, 2008	49.1
6	June 1, 2008	49.6
7	July 1, 2008	50.8
8	August 1, 2008	57.9
9	September 1, 2008	55.9
10	October 1, 2008	38.3
11	November 1, 2008	33.6
12	December 1, 2008	35.1
13	January 1, 2009	33.3
14	February 1, 2009	34.2
15	March 1, 2009	31.4
16	April 1, 2009	40.1
17	May 1, 2009	34.9
18	June 1, 2009	39.9
19	July 1, 2009	43.4
20	August 1, 2009	50.0
21	September 1, 2009	46.0
22	October 1, 2009	53.2
23	November 1, 2009	55.5
24	December 1, 2009	58.7
25	January 1, 2010	61.5
26	February 1, 2010	62.6
27	March 1, 2010	58.8
28	April 1, 2010	63.8
29	May 1, 2010	59.7
30	June 1, 2010	59.1
31	July 1, 2010	62.3
32	August 1, 2010	57.3
33	September 1, 2010	60.6
34	October 1, 2010	60.2
35	November 1, 2010	61.9
36	December 1, 2010	66.8
37	January 1, 2011	68.8	65.8
38	February 1, 2011	71.2	68.9
39	March 1, 2011	70.6	70.2
40	April 1, 2011	67.6	69.8
41	May 1, 2011	56.6	64.9
42	June 1, 2011	61.1	61.8
43	July 1, 2011	58.8	58.8
44	August 1, 2011	58.1	59.3
45	September 1, 2011	61.3	59.4
46	October 1, 2011	59.3	59.6
47	November 1, 2011	62.5	61.0
48	December 1, 2011	62.2	61.3
49	January 1, 2012	60.2	61.6
50	February 1, 2012	64.0	62.1
51	March 1, 2012	62.2	62.1
52	April 1, 2012	56.2	60.8
53	May 1, 2012	52.7	57.0
54	June 1, 2012	52.9	53.9
55	July 1, 2012	53.7	53.1
56	August 1, 2012	54.1	53.6
57	September 1, 2012	50.9	52.9
58	October 1, 2012	50.7	51.9
59	November 1, 2012	50.2	50.6
60	December 1, 2012	50.0	50.3
61	January 1, 2013	55.6	51.9
62	February 1, 2013	56.8	54.1
63	March 1, 2013	52.4	54.9
64	April 1, 2013	49.0	52.7
65	May 1, 2013	58.7	53.4
66	June 1, 2013	51.6	53.1
67	July 1, 2013	52.3	54.2
68	August 1, 2013	53.0	52.3
69	September 1, 2013	55.7	53.7
70	October 1, 2013	65.9	58.2
71	November 1, 2013	63.0	61.5
72	December 1, 2013	60.8	63.2
73	January 1, 2014	59.6	61.1
74	February 1, 2014	59.8	60.1
75	March 1, 2014	55.9	58.4
76	April 1, 2014	63.0	59.6
77	May 1, 2014	65.5	61.5
78	June 1, 2014	62.6	63.7
79	July 1, 2014	52.6	60.2
80	August 1, 2014	64.3	59.8
81	September 1, 2014	60.5	59.1
82	October 1, 2014	66.2	63.7
83	November 1, 2014	60.8	62.5
84	December 1, 2014	58.8	61.9
85	January 1, 2015	59.2	59.6
86	February 1, 2015	47.6	55.2
87	March 1, 2015	46.3	51.0
88	April 1, 2015	52.3	48.7
89	May 1, 2015	46.2	48.3
90	June 1, 2015	49.4	49.3
91	July 1, 2015	54.0	49.9
92	August 1, 2015	54.4	52.6
93	September 1, 2015	48.7	52.4
94	October 1, 2015	56.2	53.1
95	November 1, 2015	48.7	51.2
96	December 1, 2015	42.9	49.3
97	January 1, 2016	55.6	49.1
98	February 1, 2016	49.6	49.4
99	March 1, 2016	53.6	52.9
100	April 1, 2016	50.4	51.2
101	May 1, 2016	50.3	51.4
102	June 1, 2016	55.2	52.0
103	July 1, 2016	54.4	53.3
104	August 1, 2016	51.5	53.7
105	September 1, 2016	54.2	53.4
106	October 1, 2016	50.6	52.1
107	November 1, 2016	57.6	54.1
108	December 1, 2016	53.9	54.0
109	January 1, 2017	50.3	53.9
110	February 1, 2017	57.4	53.9
111	March 1, 2017	57.7	55.1
112	April 1, 2017	58.3	57.8
113	May 1, 2017	59.4	58.5
114	June 1, 2017	65.7	61.1
115	July 1, 2017	58.9	61.3
116	August 1, 2017	58.9	61.2
117	September 1, 2017	65.2	61.0
118	October 1, 2017	66.2	63.4
119	November 1, 2017	63.9	65.1
120	December 1, 2017	67.8	66.0
121	January 1, 2018	65.7	65.8
122	February 1, 2018	61.9	65.1
123	March 1, 2018	57.4	61.7
124	April 1, 2018	57.6	59.0
125	May 1, 2018	62.7	59.2
126	June 1, 2018	64.1	61.5
127	July 1, 2018	65.5	64.1
128	August 1, 2018	63.6	64.4
129	September 1, 2018	60.4	63.2
130	October 1, 2018	58.4	60.8
131	November 1, 2018	66.4	61.7
132	December 1, 2018	63.8	62.9
133	January 1, 2019	56.7	62.3
134	February 1, 2019	64.7	61.7
135	March 1, 2019	58.7	60.0
136	April 1, 2019	52.6	58.7
137	May 1, 2019	54.2	55.2
138	June 1, 2019	49.7	52.2
139	July 1, 2019	44.4	49.4
140	August 1, 2019	50.4	48.2
141	September 1, 2019	47.1	47.3
142	October 1, 2019	43.2	46.9
143	November 1, 2019	46.3	45.5
144	December 1, 2019	48.9	46.1
145	January 1, 2020	42.9	46.0
146	February 1, 2020	49.0	46.9
147	March 1, 2020	47.8	46.6
148	April 1, 2020	35.4	44.1
149	May 1, 2020	32.3	38.5
150	June 1, 2020	36.6	34.8
151	July 1, 2020	51.9	40.3
152	August 1, 2020	51.2	46.6
153	September 1, 2020	62.4	55.2
154	October 1, 2020	61.1	58.2
155	November 1, 2020	58.2	60.6
156	December 1, 2020	58.7	59.3
157	January 1, 2021	63.8	60.2
158	February 1, 2021	59.5	60.7
159	March 1, 2021	66.4	63.2
160	April 1, 2021	72.1	66.0
161	May 1, 2021	75.2	71.2
162	June 1, 2021	66.1	71.1
163	July 1, 2021	73.4	71.6
164	August 1, 2021	66.8	68.8
165	September 1, 2021	64.7	68.3
166	October 1, 2021	68.4	66.6
167	November 1, 2021	61.8	65.0
168	December 1, 2021	64.3	64.8
169	January 1, 2022	65.2	63.8
170	February 1, 2022	56.3	61.9
171	March 1, 2022	62.9	61.5
172	April 1, 2022	56.4	58.5
173	May 1, 2022	60.3	59.9
174	June 1, 2022	56.0	57.6
175	July 1, 2022	52.1	56.1
176	August 1, 2022	52.2	53.4
177	September 1, 2022	45.7	50.0
178	October 1, 2022	45.2	47.7
179	November 1, 2022	37.2	42.7
180	December 1, 2022	44.9	42.4
181	January 1, 2023	44.3	42.1
182	February 1, 2023	43.6	44.3
183	March 1, 2023	43.8	43.9
184	April 1, 2023	48.6	45.3
185	May 1, 2023	40.4	44.3
186	June 1, 2023	42.8	43.9
187	July 1, 2023	42.8	42.0
188	August 1, 2023	48.7	44.8
189	September 1, 2023	44.1	45.2
190	October 1, 2023	45.0	45.9
191	November 1, 2023	55.6	48.2
192	December 1, 2023	47.2	49.3
193	January 1, 2024	46.0	49.6
194	February 1, 2024	44.0	45.7
195	March 1, 2024	41.4	42.8
196	April 1, 2024	37.9	41.1
197	May 1, 2024	35.4	38.2
198	June 1, 2024	47.4	40.2
199	July 1, 2024	45.3	42.7
200	August 1, 2024	46.1	46.3
201	September 1, 2024	46.6	46.0
202	October 1, 2024	41.6	44.8
	Date	Index	3MMA