Kansas City Fed Services Survey: Input prices: 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 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 input prices (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) was 53.0 in September 2026, compared to 46.0 in August.
Sample. There are 153 observations in the monthly series shown in the chart above. The series covers the period going from January 2014 to September 2026.
History. Check out some descriptive statistics calculated on the whole sample: the diffusion index had a mean of 35.5; it recorded a bottom of -3.0 in April 2020; it hit a peak of 81.0 in December 2021.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 45.0000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 46.0000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 53.0000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did input prices 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: Input prices |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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