Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Average employee workweek: Future (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - Kansas City Fed - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to recent survey data about manufacturing firms in the Tenth Federal Reserve District, the seasonally unadjusted diffusion index for average employee workweek was 10.0 (share of CEOs seeing a future increase minus share forecasting a decrease) in September 2026, compared to 2.0 in August.
Sample. In the monthly time series presented in the figure, there are 303 observations overall. The series covers the time period going from July 2001 to September 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some summary statistics we calculated on the full sample: the diffusion index recorded a minimum of -27.0 in January 2009; it reached its maximum of 28.0 in March 2021; it had an average value of 5.1.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 9.00000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 2.00000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 10.0000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Will the average employee workweek increase or decrease over the next six months? |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Business survey response |
| Data type | Leading indicator of the business cycle |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| 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 | Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City |
| Source type | Central bank |
| Data licence | Reproduction allowed subject to conditions |
| Other information | FS correspondence: Average employee workweek |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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