Average Fed Srv Survey: Prices received: 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 received was 18.6 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in September 2026, versus 9.1 in August 2026.
Sample. The monthly time series displayed in the plot has 153 records in total. The time range covered by the series is from January 2014 to September 2026.
History. Take a look at a few summary statistics computed on the whole sample: the diffusion index reached its minimum of -26.4 in April 2020; it reached its highest level of 43.2 in February 2022; it had a mean value of 13.6.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 14.8667 |
| 2026-08-31 | 9.06667 |
| 2026-09-30 | 18.6333 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did prices received 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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