Empire State Manufacturing Survey: Average employee workweek: Current (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally adjusted) - United States - NY FED - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Empire State Manufacturing Survey (NY FED)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. Based on manufacturing firms' responses to the Empire State Survey carried out by the New York FED, the seasonally adjusted diffusion index for the average employee workweek (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) was 17.0 in September 2026, compared to 6.9 in the previous month.
Sample. This monthly series has 303 data points. The time range covered by the series goes from July 2001 to September 2026.
History. Check out some summary statistics computed on the whole sample: the diffusion index had a mean of 1.3; it hit a trough of -62.5 in April 2020; it attained a maximum of 33.5 in April 2004.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 2.80000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 6.90000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 17.0000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did the average employee workweek increase or decrease in the past month? |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Business survey response |
| Data type | Coincident indicator of the business cycle |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Percentage points |
| Source | Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
| Source type | Central bank |
| Data licence | Free use subject to conditions |
| Measure type | Diffusion index (share of respondents reporting an increase minus share reporting a decrease) |
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