Kansas City Fed Services Survey: Input prices: 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 Services Survey
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to recent survey data about services firms in the Tenth Federal Reserve District, the seasonally unadjusted diffusion index for input prices (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) was 57.0 in September 2026, compared to 47.0 in August.
Sample. The monthly series plotted above has 153 observations in total. The series covers the span of time extending from January 2014 to September 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some summary statistics we computed on the entire sample: the diffusion index reached its maximum of 77.0 in December 2021; it recorded a minimum of -4.0 in April 2020; it had a mean of 35.5.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 43.0000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 47.0000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 57.0000 |
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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 | 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: Input prices |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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