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 51.5000
2 February 1, 2008 44.5000
3 March 1, 2008 48.2000
4 April 1, 2008 48.3000
5 May 1, 2008 49.1000
6 June 1, 2008 49.6000
7 July 1, 2008 50.8000
8 August 1, 2008 57.9000
9 September 1, 2008 55.9000
10 October 1, 2008 38.3000
11 November 1, 2008 33.6000
12 December 1, 2008 35.1000
13 January 1, 2009 33.3000
14 February 1, 2009 34.2000
15 March 1, 2009 31.4000
16 April 1, 2009 40.1000
17 May 1, 2009 34.9000
18 June 1, 2009 39.9000
19 July 1, 2009 43.4000
20 August 1, 2009 50.0000
21 September 1, 2009 46.0000
22 October 1, 2009 53.2000
23 November 1, 2009 55.5000
24 December 1, 2009 58.7000
25 January 1, 2010 61.5000
26 February 1, 2010 62.6000
27 March 1, 2010 58.8000
28 April 1, 2010 63.8000
29 May 1, 2010 59.7000
30 June 1, 2010 59.1000
31 July 1, 2010 62.3000
32 August 1, 2010 57.3000
33 September 1, 2010 60.6000
34 October 1, 2010 60.2000
35 November 1, 2010 61.9000
36 December 1, 2010 66.8000
37 January 1, 2011 68.8000 65.8000
38 February 1, 2011 71.2000 68.9000
39 March 1, 2011 70.6000 70.2000
40 April 1, 2011 67.6000 69.8000
41 May 1, 2011 56.6000 64.9000
42 June 1, 2011 61.1000 61.8000
43 July 1, 2011 58.8000 58.8000
44 August 1, 2011 58.1000 59.3000
45 September 1, 2011 61.3000 59.4000
46 October 1, 2011 59.3000 59.6000
47 November 1, 2011 62.5000 61.0000
48 December 1, 2011 62.2000 61.3000
49 January 1, 2012 60.2000 61.6000
50 February 1, 2012 64.0000 62.1000
51 March 1, 2012 62.2000 62.1000
52 April 1, 2012 56.2000 60.8000
53 May 1, 2012 52.7000 57.0000
54 June 1, 2012 52.9000 53.9000
55 July 1, 2012 53.7000 53.1000
56 August 1, 2012 54.1000 53.6000
57 September 1, 2012 50.9000 52.9000
58 October 1, 2012 50.7000 51.9000
59 November 1, 2012 50.2000 50.6000
60 December 1, 2012 50.0000 50.3000
61 January 1, 2013 55.6000 51.9000
62 February 1, 2013 56.8000 54.1000
63 March 1, 2013 52.4000 54.9000
64 April 1, 2013 49.0000 52.7000
65 May 1, 2013 58.7000 53.4000
66 June 1, 2013 51.6000 53.1000
67 July 1, 2013 52.3000 54.2000
68 August 1, 2013 53.0000 52.3000
69 September 1, 2013 55.7000 53.7000
70 October 1, 2013 65.9000 58.2000
71 November 1, 2013 63.0000 61.5000
72 December 1, 2013 60.8000 63.2000
73 January 1, 2014 59.6000 61.1000
74 February 1, 2014 59.8000 60.1000
75 March 1, 2014 55.9000 58.4000
76 April 1, 2014 63.0000 59.6000
77 May 1, 2014 65.5000 61.5000
78 June 1, 2014 62.6000 63.7000
79 July 1, 2014 52.6000 60.2000
80 August 1, 2014 64.3000 59.8000
81 September 1, 2014 60.5000 59.1000
82 October 1, 2014 66.2000 63.7000
83 November 1, 2014 60.8000 62.5000
84 December 1, 2014 58.8000 61.9000
85 January 1, 2015 59.2000 59.6000
86 February 1, 2015 47.6000 55.2000
87 March 1, 2015 46.3000 51.0000
88 April 1, 2015 52.3000 48.7000
89 May 1, 2015 46.2000 48.3000
90 June 1, 2015 49.4000 49.3000
91 July 1, 2015 54.0000 49.9000
92 August 1, 2015 54.4000 52.6000
93 September 1, 2015 48.7000 52.4000
94 October 1, 2015 56.2000 53.1000
95 November 1, 2015 48.7000 51.2000
96 December 1, 2015 42.9000 49.3000
97 January 1, 2016 55.6000 49.1000
98 February 1, 2016 49.6000 49.4000
99 March 1, 2016 53.6000 52.9000
100 April 1, 2016 50.4000 51.2000
101 May 1, 2016 50.3000 51.4000
102 June 1, 2016 55.2000 52.0000
103 July 1, 2016 54.4000 53.3000
104 August 1, 2016 51.5000 53.7000
105 September 1, 2016 54.2000 53.4000
106 October 1, 2016 50.6000 52.1000
107 November 1, 2016 57.6000 54.1000
108 December 1, 2016 53.9000 54.0000
109 January 1, 2017 50.3000 53.9000
110 February 1, 2017 57.4000 53.9000
111 March 1, 2017 57.7000 55.1000
112 April 1, 2017 58.3000 57.8000
113 May 1, 2017 59.4000 58.5000
114 June 1, 2017 65.7000 61.1000
115 July 1, 2017 58.9000 61.3000
116 August 1, 2017 58.9000 61.2000
117 September 1, 2017 65.2000 61.0000
118 October 1, 2017 66.2000 63.4000
119 November 1, 2017 63.9000 65.1000
120 December 1, 2017 67.8000 66.0000
121 January 1, 2018 65.7000 65.8000
122 February 1, 2018 61.9000 65.1000
123 March 1, 2018 57.4000 61.7000
124 April 1, 2018 57.6000 59.0000
125 May 1, 2018 62.7000 59.2000
126 June 1, 2018 64.1000 61.5000
127 July 1, 2018 65.5000 64.1000
128 August 1, 2018 63.6000 64.4000
129 September 1, 2018 60.4000 63.2000
130 October 1, 2018 58.4000 60.8000
131 November 1, 2018 66.4000 61.7000
132 December 1, 2018 63.8000 62.9000
133 January 1, 2019 56.7000 62.3000
134 February 1, 2019 64.7000 61.7000
135 March 1, 2019 58.7000 60.0000
136 April 1, 2019 52.6000 58.7000
137 May 1, 2019 54.2000 55.2000
138 June 1, 2019 49.7000 52.2000
139 July 1, 2019 44.4000 49.4000
140 August 1, 2019 50.4000 48.2000
141 September 1, 2019 47.1000 47.3000
142 October 1, 2019 43.2000 46.9000
143 November 1, 2019 46.3000 45.5000
144 December 1, 2019 48.9000 46.1000
145 January 1, 2020 42.9000 46.0000
146 February 1, 2020 49.0000 46.9000
147 March 1, 2020 47.8000 46.6000
148 April 1, 2020 35.4000 44.1000
149 May 1, 2020 32.3000 38.5000
150 June 1, 2020 36.6000 34.8000
151 July 1, 2020 51.9000 40.3000
152 August 1, 2020 51.2000 46.6000
153 September 1, 2020 62.4000 55.2000
154 October 1, 2020 61.1000 58.2000
155 November 1, 2020 58.2000 60.6000
156 December 1, 2020 58.7000 59.3000
157 January 1, 2021 63.8000 60.2000
158 February 1, 2021 59.5000 60.7000
159 March 1, 2021 66.4000 63.2000
160 April 1, 2021 72.1000 66.0000
161 May 1, 2021 75.2000 71.2000
162 June 1, 2021 66.1000 71.1000
163 July 1, 2021 73.4000 71.6000
164 August 1, 2021 66.8000 68.8000
165 September 1, 2021 64.7000 68.3000
166 October 1, 2021 68.4000 66.6000
167 November 1, 2021 61.8000 65.0000
168 December 1, 2021 64.3000 64.8000
169 January 1, 2022 65.2000 63.8000
170 February 1, 2022 56.3000 61.9000
171 March 1, 2022 62.9000 61.5000
172 April 1, 2022 56.4000 58.5000
173 May 1, 2022 60.3000 59.9000
174 June 1, 2022 56.0000 57.6000
175 July 1, 2022 52.1000 56.1000
176 August 1, 2022 52.2000 53.4000
177 September 1, 2022 45.7000 50.0000
178 October 1, 2022 45.2000 47.7000
179 November 1, 2022 37.2000 42.7000
180 December 1, 2022 44.9000 42.4000
181 January 1, 2023 44.3000 42.1000
182 February 1, 2023 43.6000 44.3000
183 March 1, 2023 43.8000 43.9000
184 April 1, 2023 48.6000 45.3000
185 May 1, 2023 40.4000 44.3000
186 June 1, 2023 42.8000 43.9000
187 July 1, 2023 42.8000 42.0000
188 August 1, 2023 48.7000 44.8000
Date Index 3MMA