Saudi Arabia's PMI reaches new low as growth momentum continues to deteriorate Thursday 05/03/2018 8:58:00 AM Facebook Twitter Google+ ArabFinance: The non-oil private sector continued to lose growth impetus, as indicated by the slowest improvement in business conditions in the survey’s near nine-year history. Chicago PMI Index. Chicago PMI Index is based on surveys of purchasing managers in Chicago. This index includes the status of production orders, the prices of manufactured products and inventories in warehouses. Figures below the 45-50 indicate a slowing economy. The indicator is carefully watched, because it is published shortly before the PMI has made the decision to retire PMI Today ® at the end of the year. To learn more, please read our post in the Critical Path blog.. This bi-monthly publication contains the latest developments about certification, research, standards, education and training, as well as news from chapters and other communities.