Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Delivery times: Future (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 14.0 (share of CEOs seeing a future increase minus share forecasting a decrease) in September 2026, compared to 9.0 in August.
Sample. There are 303 observations overall in the monthly time series shown in the chart above. The series covers the time span going from July 2001 to September 2026.
History. Take a look at some descriptive statistics we calculated on the entire sample: the diffusion index averaged 7.3; it recorded its highest level of 49.0 in March 2022; it reached its lowest level of -14.0 in June 2023.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 11.0000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 9.00000 |
| 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 | 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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