Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Number of employees: 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 number of employees stood at 20.0 (share of CEOs seeing a future increase minus share forecasting a decrease) in December 2025, versus 13.0 in November 2025.
Sample. This monthly time series has 294 data points in total. The series covers the time span stretching from July 2001 to December 2025.
History. Take a look at a few simple statistics we calculated on the entire sample: the diffusion index attained a maximum of 53.0 in April 2021; it reached a trough of -38.0 in February 2009; it averaged 15.0.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 12.0 |
| 2025-11-30 | 13.0 |
| 2025-12-31 | 20.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Will the number of employees 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: Number of employees |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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