Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: New orders for exports: 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 new orders for exports stood at 2.0 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in February 2026, compared to -3.0 in the previous month.
Sample. There are 296 observations overall in the monthly time series displayed in the graph above. The series covers the time period stretching from July 2001 to February 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some descriptive statistics computed on the whole sample: the diffusion index peaked at 18.0 in March 2008; it recorded a minimum of -30.0 in April 2020; it had a mean value of -0.3.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | -4.0 |
| 2026-01-31 | -3.0 |
| 2026-02-28 | 2.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did new orders for export 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: New orders for exports |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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