Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Prices received: 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 received stood at 19.0 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in December 2025, versus 11.0 in the previous month.
Sample. There are 294 data points in the monthly time series shown in the figure above. The time range covered by the series goes from July 2001 to December 2025.
History. Have a look at some statistics computed on the entire sample: the diffusion index reached a minimum of -18.0 in February 2009; it peaked at 59.0 in August 2021; it was equal on average to 8.6.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 17.0 |
| 2025-11-30 | 11.0 |
| 2025-12-31 | 19.0 |
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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 | 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 received |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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