Articles tagged under: Creighton University Mainstreet Index

Published October 22, 2024

The Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index took another dip in the past month. This is a survey of rural bank CEOs in a ten-state region. Roughly 61.5 percent of the bankers said the farm financial situation in their area deteriorated…

Published July 17, 2020

The Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index improved from last month, but it remains below pre-COVID-19 levels. This monthly survey of bank CEO’s in the ten-state region found the rural economy got a boost from the USDA coronavirus assistance. The bankers…

Published May 22, 2020

The Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index increased slightly from April to May, but it is still near record lows. Economist Ernie Goss reports 73 percent of bankers restructured farm loans and the number of loan defaults increased. The farmland price…