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 stood at 35.0 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in December 2025, versus 31.0 in November 2025.
Sample. There are 294 records in the monthly time series displayed in the chart above. The series covers the period going from July 2001 to December 2025.
History. Take a look at some descriptive statistics calculated on the full sample: the diffusion index averaged 27.4; it reached its lowest level of -34.0 in January 2009; it recorded its highest level of 88.0 in May 2021.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 39.0 |
| 2025-11-30 | 31.0 |
| 2025-12-31 | 35.0 |
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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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