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 59.0 (share of CEOs seeing a future increase minus share forecasting a decrease) in September 2026, compared to 57.0 in the previous month.
Sample. This monthly series has 303 observations overall. The time span covered by the series is from July 2001 to September 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few simple statistics we computed on the whole sample: the diffusion index reached a maximum of 68.0 in January 2022; it recorded a minimum of -14.0 in May 2009; it had a mean of 26.6.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 50.0000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 57.0000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 59.0000 |
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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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