Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Delivery times: Current (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 delivery times stood at 16.0 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in September 2026, compared to 9.0 in the previous month.
Sample. There are 303 data points overall in the monthly series shown in the graph above. The series covers the period going from July 2001 to September 2026.
History. Check out a few descriptive statistics we computed on the entire sample: the diffusion index recorded its maximum of 57.0 in November 2021; it reached a trough of -10.0 in October 2001; it averaged 7.8.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 16.0000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 9.00000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 16.0000 |
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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 | 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: Delivery times |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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