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 stood at 40.0 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in December 2025, versus 36.0 in November.
Sample. There are 294 records overall in the monthly series shown in the figure above. The series covers the span of time going from July 2001 to December 2025.
History. Here's a glimpse of some summary statistics computed on the whole sample: the diffusion index had an average value of 27.4; it recorded a minimum of -33.0 in March 2009; it recorded its highest level of 85.0 in October 2021.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 41.0 |
| 2025-11-30 | 36.0 |
| 2025-12-31 | 40.0 |
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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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