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 42.0 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in February 2026, compared to 37.0 in January 2026.
Sample. There are 296 data points overall in the monthly series presented in the graph above. The series covers the period going from July 2001 to February 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few descriptive statistics we computed on the whole sample: the diffusion index achieved a maximum of 88.0 in May 2021; it reached its minimum of -34.0 in January 2009; it was equal on average to 27.5.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 35.0 |
| 2026-01-31 | 37.0 |
| 2026-02-28 | 42.0 |
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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 | 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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