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 stood at 38.0 (share of CEOs seeing a future increase minus share forecasting a decrease) in December 2025, versus 34.0 in November.
Sample. There are 294 observations in the monthly series presented in the plot above. The time period covered by the series goes from July 2001 to December 2025.
History. Here's a peek at some summary statistics computed on the full sample: the diffusion index had a mean of 26.0; it attained a maximum of 72.0 in March 2022; it recorded a bottom of -12.0 in October 2002.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 42.0 |
| 2025-11-30 | 34.0 |
| 2025-12-31 | 38.0 |
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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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