Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Production: Current (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 production was 14.0 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in September 2026, compared to 17.0 in August 2026.
Sample. In this monthly time series, there are 303 records in total. The time period covered by the series goes from July 2001 to September 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some descriptive statistics computed on the whole sample: the diffusion index hit a peak of 49.0 in April 2021; it registered a minimum of -53.0 in April 2020; it had a mean of 7.0.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 13.0000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 17.0000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 14.0000 |
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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 | 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: Production |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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