Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Shipments: 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 shipments stood at 16.0 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in September 2026, versus 19.0 in August.
Sample. In the monthly series shown in the chart, there are 303 records in total. The series covers the period extending from July 2001 to September 2026.
History. Take a look at a few descriptive statistics we computed on the whole sample: the diffusion index recorded a bottom of -49.0 in April 2020; it hit a maximum of 47.0 in March 2022; it was equal on average to 6.6.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 13.0000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 19.0000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 16.0000 |
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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 | 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: Shipments |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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