Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Production: Current (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 production was 20.0 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in September 2026, compared to 17.0 in the previous month.
Sample. There are 303 observations in the monthly series presented in the plot above. The series covers the time span stretching from July 2001 to September 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some simple statistics computed on the entire sample: the diffusion index attained a maximum of 37.0 in May 2018; it hit a trough of -65.0 in April 2020; it had an average value of 7.0.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 17.0000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 17.0000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 20.0000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did production increase or decrease in the past month? |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Business survey response |
| Data type | Coincident 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: Production |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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