Average Fed Srv Survey: Part-time employment: Future (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally adjusted) - United States - FSR - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Average Fed Srv Survey (FetchSeries Research)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. Based on an average of regional Federal Reserve services surveys, the seasonally adjusted diffusion index for part-time employment was 1.2 (share of CEOs seeing a future increase minus share forecasting a decrease) in September 2026, unchanged with respect to August 2026.
Sample. This monthly time series has 153 data points. The series covers the time span stretching from January 2014 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some simple statistics we computed on the whole sample: the diffusion index recorded its highest level of 15.9 in April 2022; it reached a minimum of -18.8 in March 2020; it averaged 5.4.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 3.00000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 1.25000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 1.20000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Will part-time employment 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 2 regional Federal Reserve services surveys |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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