Fifth District Survey of Non-Manufacturing Activity: Revenues: Current (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - Richmond FED - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Fifth District Survey of Non-Manufacturing Activity (Richmond FED)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to survey data about nonmanufacturing firms collected by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, the seasonally unadjusted diffusion index for revenues (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) was 0.0 in September 2026, versus -8.0 in the previous month.
Sample. There are 395 data points in the monthly time series shown in the chart above. The time span covered by the series extends from November 1993 to September 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some statistics computed on the entire sample: the diffusion index reached its minimum of -68.0 in April 2020; it attained a maximum of 42.0 in April 2019; it had a mean value of 5.9.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 0 |
| 2026-08-31 | -8.00000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did revenues 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 | No |
| 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) |
| Other information | Not available |
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