Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Prices received: Future (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 future increase minus share forecasting a decrease) in December 2025, compared to 30.0 in November 2025.
Sample. In this monthly series, there are 294 observations in total. The time span covered by the series goes from July 2001 to December 2025.
History. Here are some summary statistics we computed on the entire sample: the diffusion index was equal on average to 25.9; it reached its lowest level of -14.0 in May 2009; it recorded its maximum of 68.0 in January 2022.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 39.0 |
| 2025-11-30 | 30.0 |
| 2025-12-31 | 37.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Will prices received 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 | 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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