Omaha, NE (Northwestiowanow.com) — Creighton Economist Ernie Goss is out with the September Mainstreet Index. Ag bankers in 10 Midwest states rates the economy at 38.5, down from 48.1 in August, and well below 50 percent growth neutral.

And Iowa bankers have an even lower view of the economy.

Ernie Goss is a professor economics at Creighton University.