Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Prices paid: 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 prices paid was 68.0 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in September 2026, compared to 55.0 in the previous month.
Sample. The monthly time series shown in the figure has a total of 303 records. The series covers the time range stretching from July 2001 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some descriptive statistics we computed on the whole sample: the diffusion index had a mean of 28.2; it recorded its highest level of 86.0 in October 2021; it recorded a bottom of -33.0 in March 2009.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 52.0000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 55.0000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 68.0000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did prices paid 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: Prices paid |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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