Average Fed Mfg Survey: Capacity utilization: Current (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Average Fed Mfg Survey (FetchSeries Research)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. Based on an average of regional Federal Reserve manufacturing surveys, the seasonally unadjusted diffusion index for capacity utilization stood at 8.6 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in September 2026, compared to 7.2 in August 2026.
Sample. This monthly series has 267 data points. The time period covered by the series extends from June 2004 to September 2026.
History. Here are a few statistics computed on the whole sample: the diffusion index had an average value of 3.1; it reached a maximum of 39.1 in March 2021; it reached a trough of -45.4 in April 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 0.200000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 7.25000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 8.60000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did capacity utilization increase or decrease in the past month? |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Business survey response |
| Data type | Coincident indicator of the business cycle |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Diffusion index (share of respondents reporting an increase minus share reporting a decrease) |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Percentage points |
| Source | FetchSeries Research calculations on Federal Reserve data |
| Source type | Data research lab |
| Data licence | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) + FetchSeries disclaimers |
| Other information | Arithmetic average across 2 regional Federal Reserve manufacturing surveys |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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