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 was 5.0 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in December 2025, compared to 11.0 in November.
Sample. There are 294 data points overall in the monthly series displayed in the figure above. The period covered by the series goes from July 2001 to December 2025.
History. Have a look at some descriptive statistics computed on the full sample: the diffusion index hit a minimum of -10.0 in October 2001; it hit a maximum of 57.0 in November 2021; it was equal on average to 7.6.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 8.0 |
| 2025-11-30 | 11.0 |
| 2025-12-31 | 5.0 |
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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 | 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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