Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Unfilled orders: 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 unfilled orders was 6.0 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in September 2026, versus 4.0 in August 2026.
Sample. There are 303 records overall in the monthly time series displayed in the figure above. The span of time covered by the series goes from July 2001 to September 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few simple statistics we computed on the whole sample: the diffusion index recorded a bottom of -49.0 in April 2020; it hit a peak of 47.0 in July 2021; it had a mean of -2.9.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 3.00000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 4.00000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 6.00000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did unfilled orders 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: Unfilled orders |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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