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 60.0 (share of CEOs seeing a future increase minus share forecasting a decrease) in September 2026, versus 56.0 in the previous month.
Sample. In this monthly time series, there are 303 data points. The time span covered by the series goes from July 2001 to September 2026.
History. Have a look at some summary statistics we calculated on the entire sample: the diffusion index was equal on average to 26.6; it recorded a minimum of -12.0 in October 2002; it attained a maximum of 72.0 in March 2022.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 46.0000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 56.0000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 60.0000 |
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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 | 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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