Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Shipments: 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 shipments was 0.0 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in December 2025, compared to 22.0 in November.
Sample. This monthly time series has 294 observations. The series covers the time range extending from July 2001 to December 2025.
History. Have a look at some statistics computed on the entire sample: the diffusion index reached a trough of -62.0 in April 2020; it recorded its maximum of 40.0 in May 2018; it had a mean of 6.5.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 15.0 |
| 2025-11-30 | 22.0 |
| 2025-12-31 | 0.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did shipments 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: Shipments |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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