Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Delivery times: Current (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 delivery times stood at 8.0 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in December 2025, compared to 15.0 in November.
Sample. In the monthly time series displayed in the chart, there are 294 data points in total. The time span covered by the series extends from July 2001 to December 2025.
History. Here's a peek at a few statistics computed on the whole sample: the diffusion index had a mean of 7.6; it reached its highest level of 59.0 in November 2021; it registered a minimum of -10.0 in November 2008.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 11.0 |
| 2025-11-30 | 15.0 |
| 2025-12-31 | 8.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did delivery times increase or decrease in the past month? |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Business survey response |
| Data type | Coincident 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: Delivery times |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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