Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Inventories of finished goods: 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 inventories of finished goods was 10.0 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in February 2026, compared to 4.0 in the previous month.
Sample. The monthly time series plotted above has 296 observations in total. The series covers the period going from July 2001 to February 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some simple statistics calculated on the full sample: the diffusion index reached its highest level of 20.0 in October 2017; it recorded a minimum of -20.0 in February 2009; it was equal on average to 0.1.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 2.0 |
| 2026-01-31 | 4.0 |
| 2026-02-28 | 10.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did inventories of finished goods 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: Inventories of finished goods |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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