Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Capital expenditures: Future (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally adjusted) - 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 adjusted diffusion index for capital expenditures was 10.0 (share of CEOs seeing a future increase minus share forecasting a decrease) in December 2025, versus 0.0 in the previous month.
Sample. This monthly series has 294 data points in total. The span of time covered by the series goes from July 2001 to December 2025.
History. Check out some descriptive statistics computed on the full sample: the diffusion index reached its lowest level of -38.0 in March 2020; it achieved a maximum of 37.0 in April 2018; it had an average value of 12.6.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 4.0 |
| 2025-11-30 | 0.0 |
| 2025-12-31 | 10.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Will capital expenditures 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 | Yes |
| 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: Capital expenditures |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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