Average Fed Mfg Survey: Prices paid: Future (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally adjusted) - 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 adjusted diffusion index for prices paid was 66.5 (share of CEOs seeing a future increase minus share forecasting a decrease) in September 2026, compared to 60.0 in August.
Sample. This monthly time series has a total of 268 observations. The series covers the period extending from June 2004 to September 2026.
History. Check out a few summary statistics computed on the full sample: the diffusion index averaged 42.4; it recorded its highest level of 71.8 in January 2022; it reached its lowest level of -9.1 in December 2008.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 55.5500 |
| 2026-08-31 | 60.0250 |
| 2026-09-30 | 66.4750 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Will prices paid increase or decrease over the next six months? |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Business survey response |
| Data type | Leading indicator of the business cycle |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| 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 4 regional Federal Reserve manufacturing surveys |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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