Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Delivery times: 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 delivery times was 14.0 (share of CEOs seeing a future increase minus share forecasting a decrease) in September 2026, versus 8.0 in August.
Sample. There are 303 records overall in the monthly series presented in the figure above. The series covers the span of time going from July 2001 to September 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some statistics we computed on the whole sample: the diffusion index averaged 7.3; it recorded its highest level of 48.0 in October 2021; it reached a trough of -12.0 in June 2023.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 11.0000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 8.00000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 14.0000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Will delivery times 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: Delivery times |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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