OMAHA, N.E.(KELO)- South Dakota’s Manufacturing economy is showing signs of stress.

Creighton University’s Mid-America Business Conditions Index for July shows inflation cooling because the economy is slowing down.

Economist, Dr. Ernie Goss says South Dakota’s Manufacturing job numbers were the lowest in the region last month.

South Dakota’s manufacturing exports fell by nearly 11-percent in July.

The Index includes a survey of manufacturing supply managers in a nine-state region of the midwest.