Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Prices received: 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 received was 37.0 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in September 2026, compared to 36.0 in August 2026.
Sample. This monthly time series has 303 observations overall. The series covers the time period going from July 2001 to September 2026.
History. Take a look at some simple statistics we computed on the full sample: the diffusion index hit a trough of -21.0 in April 2009; it hit a peak of 62.0 in August 2021; it was equal on average to 9.1.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 28.0000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 36.0000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 37.0000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did prices received 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 received |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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