Average Fed Srv Survey: Prices paid: Current (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally unadjusted) - 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 unadjusted diffusion index for prices paid stood at 51.8 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in September 2026, compared to 47.1 in August.
Sample. There are 153 data points in the monthly time series displayed in the graph above. The span of time covered by the series is from January 2014 to September 2026.
History. Have a look at some summary statistics computed on the entire sample: the diffusion index reached a maximum of 73.9 in June 2022; it reached a minimum of 1.0 in April 2020; it averaged 36.8.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 43.3000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 47.1500 |
| 2026-09-30 | 51.7500 |
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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 | 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 4 regional Federal Reserve services surveys |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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