Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Prices paid: Future (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 59.0 (share of CEOs seeing a future increase minus share forecasting a decrease) in December 2025, compared to 60.0 in November 2025.
Sample. This monthly series has a total of 294 records. The time range covered by the series stretches from July 2001 to December 2025.
History. Take a look at a few descriptive statistics we computed on the entire sample: the diffusion index had an average value of 43.8; it reached its maximum of 85.0 in May 2008; it reached its minimum of -16.0 in January 2009.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 64.0 |
| 2025-11-30 | 60.0 |
| 2025-12-31 | 59.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Will prices paid increase or decrease over the next six months? |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Business survey response |
| Data type | Leading 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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