Empire State Manufacturing Survey: Delivery times: Future (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 delivery times (share of CEOs seeing a future increase minus share forecasting a decrease) stood at -2.0 in September 2025, compared to 5.5 in August 2025.
Sample. In this montly series, there are 291 data points. The time span covered by the series goes from July 2001 to September 2025.
History. Check out a few descriptive statistics we calculated on the full sample: the diffusion index had a mean value of -1.1; it reached its lowest level of -20.5 in September 2001; it reached a maximum of 18.7 in March 2022.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-07-31 | -3.7 |
| 2025-08-31 | 5.5 |
| 2025-09-30 | -2.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Will delivery times increase or decrease over the next six months? |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Business survey response |
| Data type | Leading indicator of the business cycle |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Montly |
| 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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