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 17.0 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in February 2026, compared to -8.0 in January.
Sample. There are 296 observations overall in the monthly time series shown in the plot above. The time period covered by the series stretches from July 2001 to February 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some simple statistics we computed on the full sample: the diffusion index was equal on average to -3.1; it recorded its maximum of 47.0 in July 2021; it reached its lowest level of -49.0 in April 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | -16.0 |
| 2026-01-31 | -8.0 |
| 2026-02-28 | 17.0 |
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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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