Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Prices received: 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 received was 35.0 (share of CEOs seeing a future increase minus share forecasting a decrease) in February 2026, versus 41.0 in the previous month.
Sample. In this monthly series, there are 296 observations. The series covers the time span going from July 2001 to February 2026.
History. Have a look at some simple statistics we calculated on the whole sample: the diffusion index had a mean value of 26.0; it peaked at 72.0 in March 2022; it hit a trough of -12.0 in October 2002.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 38.0 |
| 2026-01-31 | 41.0 |
| 2026-02-28 | 35.0 |
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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 | 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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