Average Fed Srv Survey: Prices paid: Current (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 prices paid stood at 44.3 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in September 2026, versus 36.9 in August.
Sample. In the monthly time series displayed in the figure, there are 153 records overall. The series covers the period extending from January 2014 to September 2026.
History. Here are a few descriptive statistics computed on the whole sample: the diffusion index recorded a bottom of -1.6 in April 2020; it recorded its highest level of 66.2 in June 2022; it had an average value of 31.5.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 35.5667 |
| 2026-08-31 | 36.9333 |
| 2026-09-30 | 44.3000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did prices paid 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 | 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 3 regional Federal Reserve services surveys |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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