Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Production: Future (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 19.0 (share of CEOs seeing a future increase minus share forecasting a decrease) in December 2025, compared to 17.0 in November.
Sample. In this monthly time series, there are a total of 294 observations. The period covered by the series is from July 2001 to December 2025.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few summary statistics we computed on the whole sample: the diffusion index recorded its maximum of 58.0 in October 2003; it reached its minimum of -36.0 in March 2020; it was equal on average to 25.6.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 33.0 |
| 2025-11-30 | 17.0 |
| 2025-12-31 | 19.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Will production 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 | 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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