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Metro pulse · data through September 6, 2026

St. Louis, MO-IL business outlook

St. Louis, MO-IL business outlook and momentum from the latest U.S. Census BTOS data, with current performance, revenue, employment, input prices and six-month outlook.

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Business Pulse Momentum54/100→ stableConfidence: high
Momentum history

Last releases

What moves the score

Leading drivers

Revenues+16.3
Current performance+13.2
Future input prices+10.4
Employees-10

Momentum is a Business Pulse analytical score, not an official Census metric.

Latest readings

Business signals

September 6, 2026
IndicatorIndex3-release trendStatistical signal
Current AI use18.6↓ -1.2below screen
Current performance60↑ +2.1below screen
Demand48.7↑ +1.9below screen
Employees48.1↓ -3.7below screen
Expected AI use25↓ -1.2below screen
Future demand53.7↓ -1below screen
Future employees54.7↓ -0.6below screen
Future hours50.2↓ -2.8below screen
Future input prices74.1↓ -9.1below screen
Future performance59.7↓ -0.8below screen
Hours48.6↑ +0.5below screen
Input prices68.9↓ -3.2below screen
Revenues50.1↑ +4.7below screen

BTOS diffusion indexes generally use 50 as the balance point. Input-price indexes are interpreted inversely inside our Momentum score because rising input costs are a headwind. The 95% column is our simple screening calculation from published standard errors and may differ from official Census change flags.

Source & interpretation

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS). This independent page emphasizes change over multiple releases and separates our analytical score from official Census estimates.

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