Kansas City Fed Services Survey: Credit conditions: Current (improvement vs worsening; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally adjusted) - United States - Kansas City Fed - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Kansas City Fed Services Survey
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to recent survey data about services firms in the Tenth Federal Reserve District, the seasonally adjusted diffusion index for credit conditions (share of CEOs seeing a recent improvement minus share reporting a worsening) was -6.0 in September 2026, compared to -2.0 in August.
Sample. There are 153 observations overall in the monthly time series shown in the chart above. The time range covered by the series is from January 2014 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some summary statistics we calculated on the whole sample: the diffusion index attained a maximum of 10.0 in June 2015; it registered a minimum of -14.0 in April 2023; it was equal on average to -0.5.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | -5.00000 |
| 2026-08-31 | -2.00000 |
| 2026-09-30 | -6.00000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did credit conditions or access to credit improve or worsen 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: Credit conditions |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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