Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Number of employees: 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 number of employees was 23.0 (share of CEOs seeing a future increase minus share forecasting a decrease) in February 2026, compared to 11.0 in January.
Sample. In this monthly series, there are 296 observations. The time period covered by the series extends from July 2001 to February 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some descriptive statistics we computed on the whole sample: the diffusion index had a mean of 15.0; it hit a minimum of -36.0 in February 2009; it reached a maximum of 56.0 in January 2022.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 22.0 |
| 2026-01-31 | 11.0 |
| 2026-02-28 | 23.0 |
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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 | 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: Number of employees |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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