Fifth District Survey of Manufacturing Activity: Inventories of finished goods: Current (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally adjusted) - United States - Richmond FED - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Fifth District Survey of Manufacturing Activity (Richmond FED)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to survey data about manufacturers collected by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, the seasonally adjusted diffusion index for inventories of finished goods (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) was 11.0 in September 2025, compared to 16.0 in the previous month.
Sample. In this monthly time series, there are 259 records. The series covers the time period going from January 1997 to September 2025.
History. Here’s a quick look at some summary statistics we computed on the full sample: the diffusion index had a mean value of 17.5; it recorded a bottom of -21.0 in January 2021; it recorded its maximum of 47.0 in September 2000.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-07-31 | 16.0 |
| 2025-08-31 | 16.0 |
| 2025-09-30 | 11.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did finished goods inventories 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 Richmond |
| Source type | Central bank |
| Data licence | Not copyrightable under U.S. law |
| Measure type | Diffusion index (share of respondents reporting an increase minus share reporting a decrease) |
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