Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Prices paid: 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 prices paid was 65.0 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in September 2026, compared to 53.0 in August 2026.
Sample. There are 303 data points in the monthly series presented in the figure above. The time range covered by the series goes from July 2001 to September 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some statistics we computed on the entire sample: the diffusion index averaged 28.2; it hit a maximum of 88.0 in May 2021; it hit a trough of -34.0 in January 2009.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 51.0000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 53.0000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 65.0000 |
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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 | 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: Prices paid |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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